Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-18
- Excellent graphics and visuals
- Extensive and valuable mod support
- Engaging space RTS with exploration
- Performance issues in large battles
- Steep learning curve for newcomers
- Long playtime sessions required
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 16,292
- Positive
- 15,17993.2%
- Negative
- 1,1136.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,034,413
- Estimated revenue
- $20,677,916
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 40.92%
- Estimated copies lost
- 254
- Estimated revenue lost
- $5,077
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 40.9% Avg playtime 0.7h | 81.8% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 235.3% Avg playtime 1,676.5h | 40192% Avg playtime 483.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 6.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,143.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
436 total
Organic purchasers25758.9%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations17941.1%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
436 total
First impression0-2h153.44%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h7016.1%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h4510.3%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+30670.2%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.8%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 16,292 total.