Dota 2
Last updated: 2026-01-04
- Deep strategic gameplay with high complexity
- Massive hero diversity and unique abilities
- Strong esports scene and active community
- Toxic community culture affects experience
- Flawed matchmaking frustrates new players
- High barrier to entry for beginners
Emotions
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,646,831
- Positive
- 2,150,96581.3%
- Negative
- 495,86618.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 153,439,478
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2,5320.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 146,783
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2,5431% Avg playtime 0.8h | 10,8194.1% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 56,50221.2% Avg playtime 1,865.2h | 197,03873.8% Avg playtime 1,359.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 60.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 631.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4,040.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,401.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
266,902 total
Organic purchasers1430.05%
Voted up: 69%
Key activations266,75999.9%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
266,902 total
First impression0-2h26,79510.0%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h25,0909.40%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h15,6305.86%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+199,38774.7%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
72.7%
Global baseline 77.9%
44 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,646,831 total.