Wartales Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-07-08
  • Highly enjoyable turn-based combat
  • Beautiful graphics and countless content
  • Great value with worthwhile DLCs
  • DLCs overpriced and excessive
  • Co-op mode broken and buggy
  • Frequent crashes and memory leaks
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
35,145
Positive
30,24486.1%
Negative
4,90113.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,458,265
Estimated revenue
$86,014,692
Game price
$35
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
2514.44%
Estimated copies lost
17,557
Estimated revenue lost
$614,319
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
2534.5%
Avg playtime 0.8h
380.7%
Avg playtime 0.8h
> 2h playtime
1,46826%
Avg playtime 119.8h
3,89868.9%
Avg playtime 190.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day3.4 rev/day
Last 30d8.3 rev/day
Quarterly207.3 rev/qtr
Days covered1,679.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,657 total
Organic purchasers4,67182.6%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations98617.4%
Voted up: 60%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,657 total
First impression0-2h3416.03%
Voted up: 20%
Mid game2-10h76513.5%
Voted up: 63%
Late game10-20h61610.9%
Voted up: 71%
Endgame20h+3,93569.6%
Voted up: 75%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.75% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
60.6%
Global baseline 69.6%
99 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,145 total.