Game Dev Tycoon
Last updated: 2026-01-27
- Highly replayable and addictive gameplay
- Engaging company progression system
- Simple yet strategically deep mechanics
- Clunky UI and technical issues
- Poor tutorial and unclear mechanics
- Outdated and simplistic graphics
Emotions
Frustration19%Satisfaction15%Enjoyment13%Disappointment7%Excitement7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 44,491
- Positive
- 42,36995.2%
- Negative
- 2,1224.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,420,795
- Estimated revenue
- $34,173,742
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 411.97%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,152
- Estimated revenue lost
- $31,488
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 412% Avg playtime 0.9h | 482.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1065.1% Avg playtime 16.5h | 1,88290.6% Avg playtime 28.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 26.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,533.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,077 total
Organic purchasers1,91092.0%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations1678.04%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,077 total
First impression0-2h1467.03%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h88542.6%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h50924.5%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+53725.9%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 92.9%
18 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 44,491 total.