Swarmdustry Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-21
- Distinct from Factorio
- Satisfying progression and tech tree
- Firefly power system praised
- Missing combat and transport
- Early access rough edges
- Bugs and AI issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 71
- Positive
- 6591.5%
- Negative
- 68.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,429
- Estimated revenue
- $132,826
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 34.23%
- Estimated copies lost
- 187
- Estimated revenue lost
- $5,608
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 34.2% Avg playtime 0.7h | 912.7% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 34.2% Avg playtime 18.6h | 5678.9% Avg playtime 9.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 29 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
71 total
Organic purchasers6794.4%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations45.63%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
71 total
First impression0-2h1521.1%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h4867.6%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h45.63%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+45.63%
Voted up: 75%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 91.5%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 71 total.