How To Destroy A City Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-03
- Strong early game hook
- Addictive time-waster
- Simple and relaxing
- Repetitive and boring gameplay
- Full version inferior to demo
- Mid to late game pacing drags
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 73
- Positive
- 4257.5%
- Negative
- 3142.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,992
- Estimated revenue
- $35,892
- Game price
- $6
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 56.85%
- Estimated copies lost
- 410
- Estimated revenue lost
- $2,456
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 56.8% Avg playtime 1.3h | 56.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2534.2% Avg playtime 4.6h | 3852.1% Avg playtime 5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 22.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
73 total
Organic purchasers73100.0%
Voted up: 59%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
73 total
First impression0-2h1723.3%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h5676.7%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 58.9%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 73 total.