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Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.  

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Release DateMay 23, 2014
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.7% (mostly positive) / 76%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70.2% / 73.3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.4K  Top 10% / 1.8K  Top 10%
Curators57 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time58.1 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar1.9 hour  Top 10%
Followers24.3K  Top 5%
Owners± 132.1K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 78.2K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.8M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Distant Worlds: Universe steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Distant Worlds: Universe's Steam rating and reviews between May 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 83.4% (June 2014) to 75.9% (August 2023).

The 1.8K reviews Top 10% suggest that Distant Worlds: Universe might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Distant Worlds: Universe and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Distant Worlds: Universe's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (81%), followed by French (4%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 25 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Distant Worlds: Universe percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Distant Worlds: Universe depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 209 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 14 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Distant Worlds: Universe players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 41 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Extensive empire management system
  • Customizable civilizations and races
  • Design own ships and facilities
  • Moddable
  • Unlimited replayability
  • Large scale space battles and planet side combat
  • Good sound design and in-game music
  • In-game encyclopedia
  • Accommodates different play styles
  • Helpful pop-up list of stacked units
  • Sub-par graphics
  • Barebone user interface
  • Very steep learning curve
  • Some sprites overlap
  • Performance degradation for large empires
  • Old graphics
  • Boring gameplay
  • Clunky and awkward interface
  • Easy to bypass challenges
  • Overpriced

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 72.7% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Distant Worlds: Universe's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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