ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Last updated: 2025-12-16
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- Engaging and polished arcade-style air combat
- Stunning visuals with dynamic weather effects
- High replayability and varied content
- Accessible controls for newcomers
- Unrealistic combat feels restrictive
- Poor mission design and frustrating progression
Emotions
Frustration22%Excitement19%Joy17%Satisfaction17%Disappointment13%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 50,900
- Positive
- 44,67287.8%
- Negative
- 6,22812.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,410,779
- Estimated revenue
- $204,612,632
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1362.62%
- Estimated copies lost
- 9,113
- Estimated revenue lost
- $546,689
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1362.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 971.9% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 4628.9% Avg playtime 28.1h | 4,50086.6% Avg playtime 45.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 15.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 121 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,510.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,195 total
Organic purchasers4,38784.4%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations80815.6%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,195 total
First impression0-2h3256.26%
Voted up: 54%
Mid game2-10h1,34525.9%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h1,58830.6%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+1,93737.3%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
89.5%
Global baseline 88.5%
114 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 50,900 total.