Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Last updated: 2026-01-26
- Unique 4X mechanics with strong economic focus
- Innovative tooltips and dynamic world replayability
- High potential despite needing significant polish
- Non-functional AI and broken diplomacy systems
- Frequent crashes with severe balance issues
- Unfinished content and clunky UI
Emotions
Frustration32%Disappointment26%Hope9%Appreciation4%Excitement3%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 497
- Positive
- 20641.4%
- Negative
- 29158.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 38,367
- Estimated revenue
- $1,150,626
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 98.57%
- Estimated copies lost
- 695
- Estimated revenue lost
- $20,843
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 98.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 00% Avg playtime 0h |
| > 2h playtime | 6864.8% Avg playtime 55.4h | 2826.7% Avg playtime 37.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,512.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
105 total
Organic purchasers6662.9%
Voted up: 21%
Key activations3937.1%
Voted up: 36%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
105 total
First impression0-2h109.52%
Voted up: 0%
Mid game2-10h2927.6%
Voted up: 38%
Late game10-20h2120.0%
Voted up: 29%
Endgame20h+4542.9%
Voted up: 24%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 26.7%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 497 total.