Empire of the Ants
Last updated: 2026-01-10
- Stunning photorealistic graphics and visuals
- Unique ant perspective gameplay experience
- Enjoyable exploration and diverse missions
- Repetitive and shallow RTS gameplay mechanics
- Unengaging story and weak narrative design
- Frustrating mission difficulty and design
Emotions
Disappointment28%Frustration23%Enjoyment7%Excitement6%Satisfaction5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,047
- Positive
- 78675.1%
- Negative
- 26124.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 76,238
- Estimated revenue
- $3,048,758
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4812.80%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,495
- Estimated revenue lost
- $139,765
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4812.8% Avg playtime 1.1h | 154% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 8522.7% Avg playtime 11.2h | 22760.5% Avg playtime 24.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 64 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 430.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
375 total
Organic purchasers30280.5%
Voted up: 64%
Key activations7319.5%
Voted up: 66%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
375 total
First impression0-2h7820.8%
Voted up: 36%
Mid game2-10h16945.1%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h6617.6%
Voted up: 71%
Endgame20h+6216.5%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
66.7%
Global baseline 64.5%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,047 total.