Victoria 3
Last updated: 2026-01-16
- Unique diplomatic and trade systems stand out
- Addictive and immersive long-term gameplay experience
- Beautiful visuals and flexible roleplaying options
- Unfinished and bug-ridden at launch release
- Poor warfare and overly complex mechanics
- DLCs essential but often overpriced
Emotions
Frustration32%Disappointment20%Satisfaction10%Excitement4%Anger3%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 58,972
- Positive
- 40,78269.2%
- Negative
- 18,19030.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,861,458
- Estimated revenue
- $193,034,285
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2722.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 17,810
- Estimated revenue lost
- $890,322
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2732.6% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1311.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,87927.5% Avg playtime 241h | 7,18368.6% Avg playtime 353.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 8.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 19.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 506.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,178.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,466 total
Organic purchasers7,07867.6%
Voted up: 73%
Key activations3,38832.4%
Voted up: 64%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,466 total
First impression0-2h5255.02%
Voted up: 38%
Mid game2-10h1,21611.6%
Voted up: 62%
Late game10-20h8528.14%
Voted up: 69%
Endgame20h+7,87375.2%
Voted up: 73%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.3%
Global baseline 69.9%
16 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 58,972 total.