Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-30
- Excellent naval combat simulation
- Extensive modding support
- Highly fun and engaging gameplay
- Bugs and crashes prevalent
- AI behavior is poor
- Steep learning curve
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 6,500
- Positive
- 5,90690.9%
- Negative
- 5949.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 410,150
- Estimated revenue
- $20,503,399
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 230.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,451
- Estimated revenue lost
- $72,535
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 230.9% Avg playtime 1h | 230.9% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1887.7% Avg playtime 120.8h | 2,19990.4% Avg playtime 141.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 9.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 194.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 656 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,433 total
Organic purchasers2,21991.2%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations2148.80%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,433 total
First impression0-2h903.70%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h52721.7%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h39616.3%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+1,42058.4%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 91.3%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 6,500 total.