SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Last updated: 2026-02-09
- City building mechanics praised by users.
- Praised game aesthetics and visual appeal.
- Positive feedback on tutorial and learning curve.
- Technical issues and frequent crashes reported.
- Poor optimization and performance problems noted.
- Complex and confusing user interface criticized.
Emotions
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,519
- Positive
- 7,80282.0%
- Negative
- 1,71718.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 708,500
- Estimated revenue
- $14,162,915
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 212.78%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,563
- Estimated revenue lost
- $31,244
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
755 total
Organic purchasers64585.4%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations11014.6%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
755 total
First impression0-2h719.40%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h18524.5%
Voted up: 83%
Late game10-20h10614.0%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+39352.1%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 84.4%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,519 total.