Battle for Wesnoth Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Excellent turn-based tactical strategy
- Completely free, no microtransactions
- Massive user content library
- Pervasive frustrating RNG
- Archaic interface and graphics
- High difficulty steep learning curve
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 6,009
- Positive
- 5,66294.2%
- Negative
- 3475.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 398,112
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 71.11%
- Estimated copies lost
- 464
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 71.1% Avg playtime 0.6h | 406.3% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 264.1% Avg playtime 104.7h | 55788.4% Avg playtime 159.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 15.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,065.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
630 total
Organic purchasers630100.0%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
630 total
First impression0-2h7612.1%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h13020.6%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h9515.1%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+32952.2%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
75.0%
Global baseline 94.8%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 6,009 total.