The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-01
- Highly enjoyable and beloved game
- Strong nostalgia for Sims 2
- Rich building and family mechanics
- Frequent crashes make game unplayable
- Progress loss from crashes and saves
- Poor modern system support
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,751
- Positive
- 3,39571.5%
- Negative
- 1,35628.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 366,070
- Estimated revenue
- $10,978,439
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 824.52%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,318
- Estimated revenue lost
- $189,477
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 824.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 412.3% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 25614.1% Avg playtime 52.1h | 1,43779.1% Avg playtime 86.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 200 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 515 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,816 total
Organic purchasers1,69693.4%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations1206.61%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,816 total
First impression0-2h18810.4%
Voted up: 49%
Mid game2-10h60933.5%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h34919.2%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+67036.9%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.7%
Global baseline 81.4%
42 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,751 total.