Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Last updated: 2026-01-05
- Strong modding community enhances replayability significantly
- High replayability with addictive and deep strategy
- Accessible yet deep gameplay for all skill levels
- Poor AI design disrupts balanced difficulty levels
- Unbalanced civilizations and mechanics frustrate players
- Game-breaking technical issues persist post-launch updates
Emotions
Frustration23%Satisfaction14%Nostalgia9%Disappointment8%Enjoyment5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 207,584
- Positive
- 198,39795.6%
- Negative
- 9,1874.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 13,219,305
- Estimated revenue
- $396,446,957
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 500.65%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,184
- Estimated revenue lost
- $95,488
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 500.7% Avg playtime 0.6h | 230.3% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 98512.9% Avg playtime 786.7h | 6,58186.2% Avg playtime 1,237.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 19 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 152.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,563.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
7,639 total
Organic purchasers4,66661.1%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations2,97338.9%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
7,639 total
First impression0-2h1001.31%
Voted up: 43%
Mid game2-10h5547.25%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h4706.15%
Voted up: 82%
Endgame20h+6,51585.3%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
84.2%
Global baseline 86.5%
19 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 207,584 total.