Dota 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-03
- Deep strategic team-based MOBA gameplay
- All heroes unlocked free, no pay-to-win
- Massive hero roster variety and uniqueness
- Free-to-play with cosmetic monetization only
- Toxic and abusive community environment
- Unfair and unbalanced ranked matchmaking
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,789,958
- Positive
- 2,244,82780.5%
- Negative
- 545,13119.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 129,389,357
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1,5250.86%
- Estimated copies lost
- 70,725
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1,5290.9% Avg playtime 0.8h | 4,3882.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 47,41726.8% Avg playtime 2,043.6h | 123,27069.8% Avg playtime 1,481h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 36.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 507.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3,043.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,781.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
176,604 total
Organic purchasers176,604100.0%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
176,604 total
First impression0-2h8,8134.99%
Voted up: 77%
Mid game2-10h16,3059.23%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h11,0756.27%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+140,41179.5%
Voted up: 70%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
68.6%
Global baseline 72.3%
35 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,789,958 total.