The Citadel
Last updated: 2026-01-15
- Exceptional gunplay mechanics and feel
- Tactical yet fast-paced hybrid gameplay
- High replayability and customization options
- Poor optimization and performance issues
- Frequent crashes and game instability
- Unintuitive or poorly explained mechanics
Emotions
Frustration25%Enjoyment13%Excitement13%Satisfaction8%Disappointment5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,580
- Positive
- 2,39192.7%
- Negative
- 1897.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 192,835
- Estimated revenue
- $2,890,597
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 292.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,168
- Estimated revenue lost
- $32,498
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 292.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 393.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 393.5% Avg playtime 7.8h | 1,00990.4% Avg playtime 10.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 31.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,989.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,116 total
Organic purchasers95385.4%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations16314.6%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,116 total
First impression0-2h1119.95%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h78270.1%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h18616.7%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+373.32%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
71.4%
Global baseline 93.9%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,580 total.