The Last Starship Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-25
- Promising foundation and potential
- Engaging ship building and gameplay
- Factorio-like factory automation
- Game feels unfinished and bare
- Too few mission types available
- Bugs and softlocks break progress
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 16GB+ VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,595
- Positive
- 1,20275.4%
- Negative
- 39324.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 126,092
- Estimated revenue
- $2,520,579
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 555.26%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,348
- Estimated revenue lost
- $86,917
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 565.4% Avg playtime 1.1h | 161.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 23822.8% Avg playtime 31.5h | 73570.3% Avg playtime 63.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 10 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,222.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,045 total
Organic purchasers1,02197.7%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations242.30%
Voted up: 67%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,045 total
First impression0-2h969.19%
Voted up: 38%
Mid game2-10h30829.5%
Voted up: 68%
Late game10-20h22321.3%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+41840.0%
Voted up: 80%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
60.0%
Global baseline 71.9%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,595 total.