Foundation

Last updated: 2026-01-02
  • Highly enjoyable and polished gameplay experience
  • Unique organic city-building mechanics
  • High replayability and customization options
  • Severe game crashes and instability issues
  • Unoptimized performance strains hardware
  • Confusing mechanics lack proper tutorials
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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
22,852
Positive
19,71886.3%
Negative
3,13413.7%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,705,793
Estimated revenue
$59,685,697
Game price
$35
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1271.58%
Estimated copies lost
9,480
Estimated revenue lost
$331,705
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1271.6%
Avg playtime 0.9h
520.6%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
1,22115.2%
Avg playtime 97.5h
6,64382.6%
Avg playtime 107.8h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day3.2 rev/day
Last 30d11.8 rev/day
Quarterly221.6 rev/qtr
Days covered2,527 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,043 total
Organic purchasers7,74796.3%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations2963.68%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,043 total
First impression0-2h2803.48%
Voted up: 41%
Mid game2-10h1,51218.8%
Voted up: 80%
Late game10-20h1,44317.9%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+4,80859.8%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.32% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
73.1%
Global baseline 83.2%
26 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 22,852 total.