Elite Dangerous Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-06
- Stunning graphics and immersive sound
- Vast 1:1 galaxy exploration
- Extensive player freedom and depth
- Steep learning curve and little guidance
- Grindy and repetitive gameplay persists
- Bugs and performance issues remain
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 107,477
- Positive
- 83,07777.3%
- Negative
- 24,40022.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,747,643
- Estimated revenue
- $154,875,384
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3655.34%
- Estimated copies lost
- 26,312
- Estimated revenue lost
- $525,977
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3655.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 590.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,50022% Avg playtime 245.6h | 4,90871.8% Avg playtime 583h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 14.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 100.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,174.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,832 total
Organic purchasers5,36378.5%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations1,46921.5%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,832 total
First impression0-2h4977.27%
Voted up: 18%
Mid game2-10h1,03315.1%
Voted up: 52%
Late game10-20h5648.26%
Voted up: 70%
Endgame20h+4,73869.4%
Voted up: 83%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.6%
Global baseline 72.7%
49 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 107,477 total.