SimplePlanes Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-28
- Flying and aerodynamics praised
- Unlimited potential despite controls
- Building system is frustrating
- Game feels old and unpolished
- Complex building is very hard
- Controls are difficult and unintuitive
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB 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
- 10,862
- Positive
- 10,12593.2%
- Negative
- 7376.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 833,670
- Estimated revenue
- $10,829,373
- Game price
- $13
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 132.09%
- Estimated copies lost
- 998
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,964
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 132.1% Avg playtime 0.6h | 152.4% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 315% Avg playtime 292.1h | 56490.5% Avg playtime 280.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 10.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,845.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
623 total
Organic purchasers57892.8%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations457.22%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
623 total
First impression0-2h426.74%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h18629.9%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h11117.8%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+28445.6%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 92.9%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 10,862 total.