Those Who Rule Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-10
  • Fun and addictive gameplay
  • Excellent tactical RPG experience
  • Engaging and interesting story
  • Weak story and characters
  • Poor save system in battles
  • Clunky and unintuitive UI
Those Who Rule header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB 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
1,120
Positive
1,00890.0%
Negative
11210.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
84,422
Estimated revenue
$1,518,752
Game price
$18
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
102.16%
Estimated copies lost
754
Estimated revenue lost
$13,564
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
102.2%
Avg playtime 0.7h
81.7%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
347.3%
Avg playtime 24.2h
41188.8%
Avg playtime 56.7h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.8 rev/day
Last 30d0.8 rev/day
Quarterly48 rev/qtr
Days covered590.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
463 total
Organic purchasers45397.8%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations102.16%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
463 total
First impression0-2h255.40%
Voted up: 60%
Mid game2-10h7315.8%
Voted up: 74%
Late game10-20h4710.2%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+31868.7%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
6.26% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
86.2%
Global baseline 90.5%
29 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,120 total.