Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-23
- Solid Kingdom Rush entry
- Top-tier tower defense
- Dual-hero mechanic praised
- Poor tower placement design
- Weak towers and heroes
- Frequent blue screen crashes
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 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
- 12,036
- Positive
- 10,58287.9%
- Negative
- 1,45412.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 845,482
- Estimated revenue
- $16,901,185
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 200.86%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,405
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,086
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 200.9% Avg playtime 0.8h | 70.3% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 30713.2% Avg playtime 39.1h | 1,99485.7% Avg playtime 35.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 6.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 465.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 365.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,328 total
Organic purchasers1,94283.4%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations38616.6%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,328 total
First impression0-2h682.92%
Voted up: 43%
Mid game2-10h68429.4%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h66628.6%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+91039.1%
Voted up: 84%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 86.0%
9 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 12,036 total.