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Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Release DateApr 13, 2016
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.1% (very positive) / 87%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.4% Top 15% / 83.5%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.2K  Top 10% / 2.5K  Top 10%
Curators39 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time32.7 hours  Top 4%
Play Time per Dollar3.3 hours  Top 4%
Followers10.5K  Top 10%
Owners± 288.9K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 143.7K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 944.4K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Twilight Struggle steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Twilight Struggle's Steam rating and reviews from April 2016 to December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 87.4% (March 2022) to 84.7% (May 2016).

With 2.5K reviews Top 10%, Twilight Struggle is an AAA level success. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Twilight Struggle and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Twilight Struggle's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by Simplified Chinese (21%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 24 languages represented. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Twilight Struggle percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Twilight Struggle, comparing positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 147 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Twilight Struggle players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 46 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. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • strategic depth
  • depicts Cold War with humor
  • tutorial is informative
  • highly tactical
  • rigiocabile
  • adatto ad ogni tipo di giocatore
  • affatto complicate
  • regole limitatamente complesse
  • uno dei capisaldi del gioco da tavolo
  • estremamente fedele all'esperienza di gioco del capolavoro da tavolo
  • steep learning curve
  • complicated
  • confusing
  • too many base actions
  • dice rolls heavily relied on
  • critical roll outcomes
  • designed with too much RNG
  • serious warnings
  • inevitable failure
  • relying on memorization

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 87.1% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Twilight Struggle's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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