Despotism 3k Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-25
- Dark and humorous tone throughout the game.
- Unique and interesting gameplay mechanics.
- Beautiful visuals and animations.
- Frustrating and tedious gameplay experience.
- Excessive reliance on random events.
- High difficulty and punishing mechanics.
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 3,812
- Positive
- 2,93577.0%
- Negative
- 87723.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 267,509
- Estimated revenue
- $2,137,397
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 5015.72%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,509
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,037
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 5015.7% Avg playtime 0.7h | 3611.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 6219.5% Avg playtime 11.5h | 17053.5% Avg playtime 17.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 9.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,748 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
318 total
Organic purchasers10432.7%
Voted up: 64%
Key activations21467.3%
Voted up: 65%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
318 total
First impression0-2h10432.7%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h15047.2%
Voted up: 70%
Late game10-20h3310.4%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+319.75%
Voted up: 71%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
66.7%
Global baseline 64.8%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,812 total.