Software Inc. Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-22
- Generally fun and enjoyable experience
- Deep business management simulation
- One of the best management games
- Confusing and opaque tutorials
- Cluttered and ugly UI
- Excessive micromanagement burdens players
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 7,882
- Positive
- 7,43194.3%
- Negative
- 4515.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 528,328
- Estimated revenue
- $12,146,261
- Game price
- $23
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 40.63%
- Estimated copies lost
- 268
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,161
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 40.6% Avg playtime 0.6h | 10.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 294.6% Avg playtime 66h | 59694.6% Avg playtime 207.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 10.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,189.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
630 total
Organic purchasers59093.7%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations406.35%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
630 total
First impression0-2h111.75%
Voted up: 36%
Mid game2-10h599.37%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h568.89%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+50480.0%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 94.8%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 7,882 total.