Stormgate
Last updated: 2026-02-12
- Campaign is fun and engaging
- Game runs smoothly
- Strong RTS mechanics
- Game lacks polish
- Disappointing compared to expectations
- Boring and underwhelming gameplay
Emotions
The game's poor campaign quality, lack of strategic depth, and failure to meet expectations set by its predecessors, particularly StarCraft 2, have left players feeling disappointed. Issues such as subpar graphics, uninspiring story setup, and the feeling of being scammed due to monetization strategies have further contributed to this sentiment.
Players are frustrated with the always-online requirement for single-player mode, problematic servers, and various performance issues such as lagging and graphical glitches. The game's monetization policy, lack of offline mode, and numerous bugs have also contributed to this frustration.
Players are hopeful due to the game's potential and the developers' openness to feedback. They anticipate future updates, expansions, and improvements that could enhance the game's current state and make it a leading RTS.
Players express hope for the game's future development and improvements. They believe in the project's potential and are looking forward to future updates and expansions that could address current shortcomings.
Players feel disappointed due to the game's unfinished state, poor graphics, and gameplay experience. The game did not meet expectations based on their love for StarCraft, leading to a sense of letdown.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,996
- Positive
- 4,35248.4%
- Negative
- 4,64451.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 548,955
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 43719.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 26,667
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 44019.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1275.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 67730.4% Avg playtime 24.6h | 98444.2% Avg playtime 60.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 288.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 559.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,228 total
Organic purchasers38717.4%
Voted up: 49%
Key activations1,84182.6%
Voted up: 50%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,228 total
First impression0-2h66429.8%
Voted up: 28%
Mid game2-10h72732.6%
Voted up: 51%
Late game10-20h32114.4%
Voted up: 59%
Endgame20h+51623.2%
Voted up: 70%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.9%
Global baseline 49.9%
9 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,996 total.