Dota 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-21
- Complex and rewarding gameplay
- Regular updates and support
- Many heroes with unique abilities
- Toxic community behavior
- Frustrating gameplay experience
- Not beginner-friendly
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,712,063
- Positive
- 2,191,98780.8%
- Negative
- 520,07619.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 125,776,835
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1670.91%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,745
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1680.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 2621.4% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 6,40834.9% Avg playtime 2,719.6h | 11,53462.8% Avg playtime 2,024.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 44.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 277 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,646.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
18,372 total
Organic purchasers18,372100.0%
Voted up: 64%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
18,372 total
First impression0-2h5673.09%
Voted up: 66%
Mid game2-10h1,0615.78%
Voted up: 71%
Late game10-20h6663.63%
Voted up: 70%
Endgame20h+16,07887.5%
Voted up: 63%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
28.6%
Global baseline 64.2%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,712,063 total.