They Are Billions Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-17
  • Hero missions with collectibles
  • Offers many hours of content
  • Great concept and ideas
  • Lack of unit variety
  • Requires powerful hardware
  • Save system needs update
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 8-11GB 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
51,311
Positive
43,67985.1%
Negative
7,63214.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
3,755,263
Estimated revenue
$112,620,337
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
170.74%
Estimated copies lost
1,244
Estimated revenue lost
$37,308
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
170.7%
Avg playtime 0.9h
70.3%
Avg playtime 0.5h
> 2h playtime
36315.9%
Avg playtime 154.9h
1,90383.1%
Avg playtime 337.8h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.7 rev/day
Last 30d5.5 rev/day
Quarterly38.9 rev/qtr
Days covered3,168.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,290 total
Organic purchasers2,11792.4%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations1737.55%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,290 total
First impression0-2h301.31%
Voted up: 40%
Mid game2-10h27011.8%
Voted up: 68%
Late game10-20h23010.0%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+1,76076.9%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.22% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 83.4%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 51,311 total.