STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Exceptional mods enhance gameplay
- Best Star Wars RTS
- Fun and solid base game
- Ground battles weaker than space
- Base game shows its age
- Steep learning curve
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 43,311
- Positive
- 42,32897.7%
- Negative
- 9832.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,027,800
- Estimated revenue
- $60,525,722
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 100.32%
- Estimated copies lost
- 699
- Estimated revenue lost
- $13,973
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 100.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 341.1% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 461.5% Avg playtime 153.4h | 3,03797.1% Avg playtime 268.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 6.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 40.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,757.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,127 total
Organic purchasers2,58882.8%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations53917.2%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,127 total
First impression0-2h632.01%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h58618.7%
Voted up: 98%
Late game10-20h40513.0%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+2,07366.3%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 98.2%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 43,311 total.