Lightyear Frontier — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$1.76Mest

grossAtFullPrice $2.64M · promo blend

Net to developer

$1.13Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

105,444▼ 100.0%

604 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$326K19% of LTD

18K units · $17.99 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 3,957 reviews collected over 2.1 years; balanced multi-language audience; Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

18K

18,12017.2%

Tail · units

87K

87,32482.8%

Launch · gross

$326K

$326K18.6%

Tail · gross

$1.43M

$1.43M81.4%

Net to dev

$1.13M

$1.13M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier A · ▲ 27 7d

DCBA ●S

Inbound

341

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

86%

→ 396

Score history · 30d retention

167 (14d ago)396 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Lightyear Frontier · 341 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 396

This War of Mine81K reviews · 93% pos · 11 bit studios · 2014

+4.6

Farming Simulator 1964K reviews · 94% pos · Giants Software · 2018

+4.5

Farming Simulator 2268K reviews · 92% pos · Giants Software · 2021

+4.4

My Time at Portia35K reviews · 91% pos · Pathea Games · 2019

+4.1

Forager35K reviews · 90% pos · HopFrog · 2019

+4.1

Farming Simulator 1723K reviews · 93% pos · GIANTS Software · 2016

+4.1

Dinkum24K reviews · 92% pos · James Bendon · 2025

+4.0

Farm Together18K reviews · 94% pos · Milkstone Studios · 2018

+4.0

Coral Island21K reviews · 88% pos · Stairway Games · 2023

+3.8

Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm38K reviews · 79% pos · Toxic Dog · 2023

+3.6

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+42.8

03 Lightyear Frontier’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

0%0

0%0

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

84.1%cohort 71%

3,364 pos · 636 neg

Total reviews

4.0Ktracked

4,000 crawled

Velocity · 30d

6 / dayest

173 this month

Steam-purchase rate

88.2%flat

11.8% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

28 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

59.0%2,35983%

RURussian

13.3%53386%

DEGerman

6.5%26087%

FRFrench

4.5%18189%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

3.1%12595%

ZHSimplified Chinese

2.2%8761%

ESSpanish

1.7%6793%

TRTurkish

1.4%5779%

KOKorean

1.1%4477%

PLPolish

1.1%4393%

JAJapanese

0.8%3177%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.8%3060%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 143

46%positive

3.6% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,490

82%positive

37.3% of reviews

10-100h 2,295

88%positive

57.4% of reviews

100h+ 72

85%positive

1.8% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 3,364Negative 636

4783592391200

24·0324·0724·1125·0325·0725·1126·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

4,000 reviews

Free product

71/ 4,000

1.8% of total89% positive

Early access

3,991/ 4,000

99.8% of total84% positive

Key activation

402/ 4,000

10.1% of total87% positive

Steam Deck

48/ 4,000

1.2% of total85% positive

Steam purchase

3,527/ 4,000

88.2% of total84% positive

Recommended

3,364/ 4,000

84.1% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

636/ 4,000

15.9% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

4,000/ 4,000

100.0% of total84% positive

3,957 reviews · 83% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.