Elite Dangerous
Last updated: 2025-12-16
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- Unmatched immersive space simulation experience
- Vast gameplay with multiple playstyles and roles
- Steep and unforgiving learning curve
- Outdated repetitive gameplay design elements
- Deep ship customization and management system
- Highly polarizing but rewarding for enthusiasts
Emotions
Frustration24%Excitement19%Satisfaction17%Joy13%Disappointment9%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 103,653
- Positive
- 80,11277.3%
- Negative
- 23,54122.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,487,439
- Estimated revenue
- $149,673,906
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3874.72%
- Estimated copies lost
- 27,955
- Estimated revenue lost
- $558,820
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3874.7% Avg playtime 1h | 700.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,72121% Avg playtime 249.4h | 6,02373.4% Avg playtime 591.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 26 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 117.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,910.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,201 total
Organic purchasers6,47779.0%
Voted up: 73%
Key activations1,72421.0%
Voted up: 79%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,201 total
First impression0-2h5436.62%
Voted up: 20%
Mid game2-10h1,23115.0%
Voted up: 53%
Late game10-20h6848.34%
Voted up: 70%
Endgame20h+5,74370.0%
Voted up: 84%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
78.6%
Global baseline 74.3%
70 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 103,653 total.