Sins of a Solar Empire II Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-25
- Excellent sequel improvements
- Stunning graphics and visuals
- Best space RTS available
- AI-generated art overused
- AI performance poor
- DLC pricing too high
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,430
- Positive
- 7,08284.0%
- Negative
- 1,34816.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 578,131
- Estimated revenue
- $28,900,769
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 362.31%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,469
- Estimated revenue lost
- $123,425
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 372.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 90.6% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 33521.5% Avg playtime 106h | 1,17875.6% Avg playtime 158.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 153.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 678.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,559 total
Organic purchasers1,21778.1%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations34221.9%
Voted up: 82%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,559 total
First impression0-2h654.17%
Voted up: 34%
Mid game2-10h28318.2%
Voted up: 74%
Late game10-20h23715.2%
Voted up: 78%
Endgame20h+97462.5%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 76.1%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,430 total.