Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™ Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-18
Review summary
  • Best RTS of its era
  • Extremely fun and enjoyable
  • One of the best games ever
  • Masterpiece still played decades later
  • Unresolved bugs and lack of patches
  • Resolution and widescreen issues
Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™ header

Categories

Real-time StrategyBase BuildingSingle-player CampaignMultiplayerMilitary ManagementClassic RTS

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
10,881
Positive
10,19793.7%
Negative
6846.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
810,383
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
301.33%
Estimated copies lost
2,234
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
311.4%
Avg playtime 0.7h
1004.4%
Avg playtime 0.8h
> 2h playtime
964.2%
Avg playtime 123.8h
2,03390%
Avg playtime 110.4h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day2.4 rev/day
Last 30d5.5 rev/day
Quarterly135.1 rev/qtr
Days covered924.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,260 total
Organic purchasers2,17996.4%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations813.58%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,260 total
First impression0-2h22610.0%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h68430.3%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h40618.0%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+94441.8%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.75% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
94.1%
Global baseline 94.4%
17 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 10,881 total.