Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Last updated: 2026-01-25
- Deep and balanced turn-based 4X gameplay
- Multiple victory conditions with high replayability
- Strong modding and expansion support community
- Overly complex or dumbed-down mechanics issues
- Compatibility issues with modern systems
- Outdated graphics and user interface
Emotions
Nostalgia18%Frustration16%Satisfaction10%Disappointment7%Admiration7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 3,520
- Positive
- 3,25892.6%
- Negative
- 2627.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 240,024
- Estimated revenue
- $4,798,080
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 133.32%
- Estimated copies lost
- 886
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,711
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 133.3% Avg playtime 0.7h | 4511.5% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 225.6% Avg playtime 51.7h | 31279.6% Avg playtime 585.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 6.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,562 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
392 total
Organic purchasers30477.6%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations8822.4%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
391 total
First impression0-2h6717.1%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h10627.0%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h4611.7%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+17243.9%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 91.1%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,520 total.