The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Last updated: 2026-01-10
- Engaging and addictive gameplay experience
- Superior to later Sims titles in franchise
- Extensive customization and detail attention
- Frequent crashes disrupt gameplay stability
- Outdated graphics and UI frustrations
- Unpolished re-release with missing content
Emotions
Frustration20%Nostalgia20%Satisfaction15%Disappointment6%Excitement5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,018
- Positive
- 2,80069.7%
- Negative
- 1,21830.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 311,066
- Estimated revenue
- $9,328,869
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3398.44%
- Estimated copies lost
- 26,245
- Estimated revenue lost
- $787,088
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3398.4% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1052.6% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 87921.9% Avg playtime 44.1h | 2,69567.1% Avg playtime 69.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 11.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 1,024.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 343.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,018 total
Organic purchasers3,78694.2%
Voted up: 70%
Key activations2325.77%
Voted up: 72%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,018 total
First impression0-2h85721.3%
Voted up: 43%
Mid game2-10h1,56238.9%
Voted up: 71%
Late game10-20h69117.2%
Voted up: 78%
Endgame20h+90822.6%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
79.8%
Global baseline 69.7%
124 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,018 total.