Diplomacy is Not an Option Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-31
- Excellent humor throughout
- Branching campaign increases replayability
- Great RTS experience
- Game too hard even easy
- Gameplay becomes repetitive boring
- Lack of unit variety
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 12,564
- Positive
- 10,75685.6%
- Negative
- 1,80814.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 870,613
- Estimated revenue
- $26,109,684
- Game price
- $30
- Review β sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 341.36%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,356
- Estimated revenue lost
- $70,656
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Γ Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| β€ 2h playtime | 341.4% Avg playtime 1.1h | 311.2% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 29411.7% Avg playtime 44.2h | 2,14885.7% Avg playtime 73.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 70 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,663.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,507 total
Organic purchasers2,01880.5%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations48919.5%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,507 total
First impression0-2h1054.19%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h57823.1%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h50120.0%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+1,32352.8%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 86.9%
10 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 12,564 total.