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The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

Release DateAug 14, 2018
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)74.9% (mostly positive) / 74.6%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.7% / 72.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.5K  Top 10% / 4.3K  Top 5%
Curators121 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time36.6 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar55 minutes  Top 25%
Followers59.6K  Top 2%
Owners± 699.3K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 228.5K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 5.3M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Phantom Doctrine steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Phantom Doctrine's Steam rating and reviews from August 2018 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 74.4% (May 2019) to 76.2% (November 2020).

Phantom Doctrine is an AAA level success, with 4.3K reviews Top 5%. 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 Phantom Doctrine and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Phantom Doctrine's review languages. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Simplified Chinese (13%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 26 languages represented. The game is translated in 8 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Phantom Doctrine percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Phantom Doctrine depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is outstanding, with 91 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Phantom Doctrine players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 37 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 help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Campaigns containing three different perspectives
  • Deep and well-balanced strategy and tactical mechanics
  • Huge range of tactical options
  • Great approach
  • Very good music
  • Good gameplay
  • Good animations
  • Good controls/ui
  • Automatically working 4K ui scaling
  • Solid turn-based strategy game
  • Some weak graphics
  • A lil bit dragging
  • Missing game design persistance
  • Old looking textures
  • Low cut scene quality
  • No servers (EU region)
  • Very easy stealth
  • Fairly easy tactical combat
  • Lacking gun kick when firing
  • Visibility issue

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's 74.9% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Phantom Doctrine'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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