Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Last updated: 2026-01-03
- Unmatched replayability and strategic depth
- Diverse victory paths and civilizations
- Strong multiplayer and modding community
- AI behavior inconsistent and unfair
- Diplomacy system weaker than predecessors
- Persistent bugs and technical issues
Emotions
Frustration26%Satisfaction13%Disappointment11%Excitement8%Nostalgia6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 366,864
- Positive
- 315,03385.9%
- Negative
- 51,83114.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 23,546,894
- Estimated revenue
- $1,412,578,171
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4321.39%
- Estimated copies lost
- 27,728
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,663,403
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4351.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1720.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 6,68821.5% Avg playtime 260.4h | 23,79776.5% Avg playtime 374h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 9.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 67.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 629.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,362 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
31,092 total
Organic purchasers23,19574.6%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations7,89725.4%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
31,092 total
First impression0-2h7792.51%
Voted up: 35%
Mid game2-10h3,90612.6%
Voted up: 76%
Late game10-20h3,31410.7%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+23,09374.3%
Voted up: 78%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
76.9%
Global baseline 77.1%
104 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 366,864 total.