Review Deep Dives
Data reports built from Steam user reviews: what players praise and complain about, broken down by category.
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Report What a Steam Score Can't Tell You: Why We Read and Analyzed About 500,000 Reviews
92% vs 32% · Slay the Spire 2 reviews that recommend it, English vs Simplified Chinese. One percentage hides a lot. Four well known games show what reading reviews in every language adds: when, who, and what.
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Report Does Modern Warfare 4 Live Up to Expectations? The Campaign Delivers, the Multiplayer Launch Doesn't
90% → 42% · of reviews recommend it, before and after multiplayer opened. 90% of Modern Warfare 4's campaign early access reviews recommend it, but 42% after multiplayer opened. 227 of 414 praise the campaign. Score: 81.1.
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Report The Best Cyberpunk Games on Steam, Ranked by Player Reviews
7 of 12 · cyberpunk games scoring above 90 out of 100. We ranked the 12 games Steam players tag most strongly as cyberpunk by what 5,028 reviews say. Seven score above 90, then the list drops to 80.
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Report How Cyberpunk 2077 Became One of Steam's Best: From 59% to 95%
59% to 95% · Steam reviews recommending it, March 2021 vs now. Cyberpunk 2077 went from 59% positive Steam reviews in 2021 to 95% today. With Edgerunners 2 out, we read 433 reviews to see if it is worth playing now.
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Report Do Highly Recommended Steam Games Always Get Good Reviews? 10 Cases That Say No
5.9 · points, the usual gap between Steam recommendation rate and review analysis score in well liked games. Not always. Counter-Strike 2, Phasmophobia and Slime Rancher 2 are recommended more on Steam than their reviews suggest. Ten games where the two split.
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Report AION 2 Steam Reviews: A Beautiful World, a Pay-to-Progress Problem
145 of 406 reviews · say paying decides progress. AION 2's launch week reviews: 108 of 406 praise its beautiful world, while 145 say subscriptions and locked items gate progress. Score: 60.8.
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Report The 10 Best New Steam Games of September 2026, by Reviews
94.7 · top score of 101 September releases. We ranked 101 September 2026 Steam releases by what players wrote. Small games took the top spots, and 8 of the top 10 share one complaint: too short.
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Report Is Minecraft Dungeons II Worth It? A Prettier World, Not Enough Game
596th of 603 · content volume. Minecraft Dungeons II scores 48.4 vs the first game's 79.1. Players like its looks and co-op; 80 of 414 reviews report bugs and broken AI, 73 want WASD.
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Report Is Onimusha: Way of the Sword Worth It? Great Combat, Recycled Enemies
9th of 443 · combat feel. Onimusha's controls and feel rank 9th of 443 games, PC performance 3rd of 498, but enemy variety ranks 471st of 486: monster reuse in 134 of 433 reviews.
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Report Is The Blood of Dawnwalker Worth It? Great Story, Stiff Combat
163 of 422 reviews · praise the story. The Blood of Dawnwalker's story is praised in 163 of 422 reviews. Top complaints: stiff combat (77) and performance (72). The time limit splits players.
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Report Why Borderlands 4 Players Are Angry: 407 Steam Reviews, Broken Down
167 of 407 reviews · crashes and optimization. All eight Borderlands 4 categories land below zero. Crashes, stutter and optimization come up in 167 of 407 reviews, yet players describe a game they like.
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Report The Worst Tech on Steam, According to Players
Last 4 of 498 · Tech & Support scores. The four lowest Tech & Support scores among 498 Steam games we analyzed: three for poor PC performance, one sold after its shutdown was announced.
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Report Silksong vs Hades II: What 864 Steam Reviews Actually Say
3.7 vs 0.6 · story score. Both are loved, for different reasons. Silksong wins on story, world and visuals; Hades II wins on build variety. The biggest gap is story: 3.7 vs 0.6.
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