7 Days to Die Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-04
- Best with friends co-op
- Extensive mod support
- Deep survival and building
- Poor optimization and performance
- Developers perceived as hostile
- Not recommended currently
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 409,825
- Positive
- 353,07186.2%
- Negative
- 56,75413.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 16,989,412
- Estimated revenue
- $764,353,646
- Game price
- $45
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2660.91%
- Estimated copies lost
- 11,027
- Estimated revenue lost
- $496,105
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2680.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1730.6% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 6,79823.3% Avg playtime 652.4h | 21,97675.2% Avg playtime 397.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 6.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 52.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 389.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,551 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
29,215 total
Organic purchasers19,65167.3%
Voted up: 76%
Key activations9,56432.7%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
29,215 total
First impression0-2h5641.93%
Voted up: 46%
Mid game2-10h2,4628.43%
Voted up: 76%
Late game10-20h1,8756.42%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+24,31483.2%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
68.0%
Global baseline 75.8%
128 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 409,825 total.