Pharaoh™: A New Era Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Improved graphics over original
- Faithful remake preserves original feel
- Highly enjoyable gameplay experience
- Classic Egyptian city builder remake
- Persistent bugs frustrate players
- Original combat system missing
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,437
- Positive
- 4,08075.0%
- Negative
- 1,35725.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 447,163
- Estimated revenue
- $10,280,277
- Game price
- $23
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2344.30%
- Estimated copies lost
- 19,245
- Estimated revenue lost
- $442,443
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2344.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1011.9% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,12320.7% Avg playtime 74.7h | 3,97973.2% Avg playtime 103.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 369.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,351 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,437 total
Organic purchasers4,84189.0%
Voted up: 76%
Key activations59611.0%
Voted up: 69%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,437 total
First impression0-2h80214.8%
Voted up: 57%
Mid game2-10h1,70431.3%
Voted up: 76%
Late game10-20h97017.8%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+1,96136.1%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
74.1%
Global baseline 75.0%
27 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,437 total.