The Battle of Polytopia
Last updated: 2026-01-11
- Engaging 4X strategy gameplay with depth
- High replayability and diverse tribes
- Casual-friendly yet deep mechanics
- Multiplayer and social fun included
- Cymanti tribe severely unbalanced
- Poor multiplayer matchmaking experience
Emotions
Frustration21%Satisfaction15%Enjoyment14%Excitement11%Appreciation6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,564
- Positive
- 5,22894.0%
- Negative
- 3366.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 399,621
- Estimated revenue
- $5,990,319
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 70.82%
- Estimated copies lost
- 503
- Estimated revenue lost
- $7,540
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 70.8% Avg playtime 0.6h | 222.6% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 455.3% Avg playtime 161h | 77991.3% Avg playtime 136.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 22.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,985.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
853 total
Organic purchasers66077.4%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations19322.6%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
853 total
First impression0-2h627.27%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h25730.1%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h17420.4%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+36042.2%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.9%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,564 total.