Dwarf Fortress

Last updated: 2025-12-29
  • Exceptional replayability and depth in gameplay
  • Unique emergent storytelling experiences
  • Challenging but rewarding progression system
  • Steep and punishing learning curve
  • Excessive bugs and glitches reported
  • Poor UI and clunky controls design
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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
30,036
Positive
28,51794.9%
Negative
1,5195.1%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,205,464
Estimated revenue
$66,141,865
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
421.42%
Estimated copies lost
3,084
Estimated revenue lost
$92,489
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
421.4%
Avg playtime 0.9h
792.7%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
2067%
Avg playtime 89h
2,63689%
Avg playtime 218.4h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day2.6 rev/day
Last 30d9.1 rev/day
Quarterly130.7 rev/qtr
Days covered1,118.9 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,963 total
Organic purchasers2,74892.7%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations2157.26%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,963 total
First impression0-2h1655.57%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h38413.0%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h34911.8%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+2,06569.7%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.48% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
88.6%
Global baseline 91.6%
44 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 30,036 total.