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Hades

analyzed 2026-08-10 · sample of 602 English reviews across the whole review history

Players consistently praise the core loop, with 21.4% of sampled reviews mentioning gameplay and nearly all of them positively. They describe a "Good mix of flow and progression" and say it is "what gaming is supposed to feel like". The story is also a strong point, cited in 17.4% of reviews, with players calling it "surprisingly fantastic" and noting it provides "new incentives to keep playing". Art style and music each appear in 9.8% of reviews, with every mention positive, highlighting the "fluid hand-drawn art style" and an OST described as "one of the best soundtracks I've heard in recent memory". Opinion splits are narrow but present. Difficulty appears in 7.0% of reviews, with 30 positive mentions against 9 negative ones; some players appreciate the "well balanced difficulty scaling" while others find it punishing. Controls and level design draw more criticism relative to their mention counts, with 4 negative mentions each out of 15 and 7 total respectively, including complaints that "The environments are really repetitive". Game length is evenly divided, with 5 positive and 5 negative mentions. Recurring praise centers on addictiveness, voice acting, and writing, all of which receive zero negative mentions. Players describe the pull of "one more run" and praise "voice acting that I love the most" alongside "the dialogues, they are hilarious". Some players bring up grind, though the calibrated numbers do not quantify it. Overall, the sampled reviews paint a picture of a game whose strengths are widely celebrated, with friction points mostly confined to specific mechanical or structural choices.

numbers checked against this report's stored data · quotes copied verbatim from reviews · plain text is the language model's own wording

Aspects

share of sample, axis to 30% · ± is the sampling uncertainty around each share

  • positive
  • mixed / neutral
  • negative
  • gameplay

    127 positive · 0 negative · 2 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Awesome gameplay, story and visuals.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100264723
    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • Good mix of flow and progression.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998396
  • story

    99 positive · 5 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Awesome gameplay, story and visuals.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100264723
    • The storyline is great but its the action and voice acting that I love the most.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101995944
    • Decent Story to provide new incentives to keep playing.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
  • art style

    59 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • Incredible Gameplay, Voiceover, Music, and Art.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
    • Great artstyle, fun loop (where you feel like you're always making progress), and waifus galore.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907743
  • music

    59 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Oh and the music...the music.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100264723
    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • Incredible Gameplay, Voiceover, Music, and Art.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
  • characters

    51 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • Great artstyle, fun loop (where you feel like you're always making progress), and waifus galore.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907743
    • The artstyle is unique, the gameplay is tight and polished, the NPCs all stand out in their own ways, the dialogue is to die for, the soundtrack is catchy, not to mention Supergiant's take on classic Greek figures.
      positive · May 31, 2022 · review 116307451
  • combat

    41 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The storyline is great but its the action and voice acting that I love the most.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101995944
    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • Great combat, good music, nice artstyle.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109211340
  • replayability

    39 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Every time you think you've hit the limits of your abilities and interest, it brings you back.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101994733
    • Every run feels different but you have a lot of agenda/possibilities to sway it in the direction you envisioned at the start.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
    • The only game I've bothered to 100% on Steam so far.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998547
  • difficulty

    30 positive · 9 negative · 3 mixed · 0 neutral

    • You're going to die. A lot. It rules.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104903338
    • Super challenging and fun game.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104910974
    • a great game built on the basis of consistency and well balanced difficulty scaling.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111261650
  • addictiveness

    38 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Man, I really wish that I bought this game much sooner, it's highly addicting and worth it.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101995944
    • Incredibly addicting with extremely satisfying gameplay.
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107016809
    • This game is very easy to continue playing as even though I'm not very good, it's easy just to think one more run.
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017252
  • progression

    32 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Strenght progression feels rewarding, and nothing is better than getting that godlike run with the legendary boon you were looking for.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
    • Great artstyle, fun loop (where you feel like you're always making progress), and waifus galore.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907743
    • when you lose you can still permanently progress, and you may have still had a breakthrough despite it.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111261650
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  • voice acting

    35 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The storyline is great but its the action and voice acting that I love the most.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101995944
    • Incredible Gameplay, Voiceover, Music, and Art.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998491
    • … a gorgeous world that I'd guess is hand-drawn (but don't quote me on that), a beautiful soundtrack, voice recordings that are the audial equivalent of dipping something delicious in chocolate, and a primary gameplay loop that is challenging, intriguing, engaging, and in Hades' particular case, …
      positive · Jul 31, 2022 · review 119849687
  • writing

    27 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Excellent music, excellent writing, excellent gameplay, excellent characters, excellent mechanics, excellent bosses, excellent artwork.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998152
    • The highlight is the dialogues, they are hilarious.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109211340
    • The artstyle is unique, the gameplay is tight and polished, the NPCs all stand out in their own ways, the dialogue is to die for, the soundtrack is catchy, not to mention Supergiant's take on classic Greek figures.
      positive · May 31, 2022 · review 116307451
  • graphics

    25 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Awesome gameplay, story and visuals.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100264723
    • The graphics and soundtrack are also beautiful so it's a really enjoyable experience.
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017252
    • Beautifully hand drawn graphics.
      positive · Dec 31, 2022 · review 129809286
  • build variety

    21 positive · 0 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • there is many different ways to build a run, and some strats to get consistent wins.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111261650
    • The fact there are multiple ways to play and so many combinations of Weapons + Boons makes it so that I'm playing differently that the previous.
      positive · May 31, 2022 · review 116308277
    • … really overrated i am shocked at how much i am enjoying every aspect of this one, the combat is frantic and tense, every weapon feel different and has a plethora of build options that changes the gameplay from run to run, i love the voice aesthetic design of the gods and the way their …
      positive · Jun 30, 2022 · review 117961276
  • price value

    20 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Man, I really wish that I bought this game much sooner, it's highly addicting and worth it.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101995944
    • Worth full price - so much so that I bought it on Switch at full price too.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998547
    • Very worth the time.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104904868
  • content amount

    18 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Has a great story and a ton of unlockables and achievements to keep you busy.
      positive · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114745205
    • Juegazo, el arte visual estan pasados de lanza y te entretiene con todo el contenido que ofrece
      positive · Jul 31, 2023 · review 143171584
    • Super great game, every run and escape is different, has a good story, variety, great for killing time as well!
      positive · Nov 30, 2023 · review 152612044
  • controls

    11 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Bright colors, great controls.
      positive · Dec 31, 2023 · review 154932483
    • The story is really interesting, game play+loop and controls are top notch.
      positive · Jul 31, 2025 · review 201166888
    • Controller is a must.
      positive · Sep 30, 2025 · review 205574957
  • lore

    14 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The story and lore is surprisingly fantastic as well.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104910974
    • Love the fluid hand-drawn art style, love the Greek mythology, love the replayability, love the end-game friendship collection / house-building.
      positive · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113135917
    • Really cool twist on the lore and characters, it's a bonus that I like Greek mythology and there really isn't enough in games, I think people are not capitalizing on something I think people would be interested in.
      positive · Dec 31, 2022 · review 129813636
  • game length

    5 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Its good, the only game I have 100%ed.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104904868
    • +50-60-min run length
      positive · Dec 31, 2019 · review 61022235
    • ✅ Average (15-50hours)
      positive · May 31, 2020 · review 70112167
  • learning curve

    7 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Really good entry to the genre for casual gamers.
      positive · Nov 30, 2025 · review 212192309
    • Amazing rogue lite which can get players new to the genre hooked as well.
      positive · Jan 31, 2020 · review 62757557
    • Good learning curve, new weapons unlocking, learning each biome, and the game is gorgeous.
      positive · Aug 31, 2020 · review 75244784
  • world

    9 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • If you have played Supergiant's prior titles, you'll know what to expect: a gorgeous world that I'd guess is hand-drawn (but don't quote me on that), a beautiful soundtrack, voice recordings that are the audial equivalent of …
      positive · Jul 31, 2022 · review 119849687
    • Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Been a fan of Greek Mythology for a long time, and to see it turned into a dungeon crawler is a dream come true.
      positive · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121539719
    • One of my favourites roguelike ever and I do hope that a DLC or a sequel will come at one point to let us explore more of this beautiful world
      positive · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124744614
  • atmosphere

    8 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Everything was perfect for gameplay, atmosphere and story.
      positive · Nov 30, 2023 · review 152611808
    • It is a masterpice, both in terms of gameplay and atmosphere.
      positive · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163940531
    • Fun game, pleasant Greek myths atmosphere, unique and engaging dialogue systems between runs to develop different npcs storylines.
      positive · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171188205
  • sound design

    7 positive · 0 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Sound Design, Story & Gameplay is top notch!
      positive · Feb 28, 2025 · review 188996110
    • Art wise, gameplay wise, sound wise, voice acting wise, dynamics wise, effects wise, gameplay repetition wise, upgrade wise, etc.
      positive · Jun 30, 2026 · review 229286604
    • Sound: All the sound, the hits sound crunchy, the swoopy dings are swoopy and dingy.
      positive · May 31, 2020 · review 70114286
  • level design

    3 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • поговорим теперь о простыне она линейна кривая и заебывает но попиздиться можно если ты децл и сосешь три пальца ноги
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121543258
    • - The environments are really repetitive , despite being well designed after 60hours of play I felt like a mouse in a cage to be honest
      negative · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124744614
    • Map design was so blatantly Room to Room that it felt like moving through a grid.
      negative · Sep 30, 2020 · review 76835794
  • pacing

    6 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Every combination of even the smallest events has it's own dialogue which may sound exhausting at first but as they are very brief and give a short break before the next high-intensity encounter lingering in the next room I grew really fond of them.
      positive · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133828465
    • great game, very fast paced, and story with meaningful characters with growth across many playthroughs.
      positive · Mar 31, 2025 · review 191681410
    • Addictive, fast paced, responsive, with tonnes of replay ability.
      positive · Apr 30, 2020 · review 68330949
  • balance

    4 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • A very good balance between luck and skill that can make you feel like a god yourself.
      positive · Jan 31, 2020 · review 62756857
    • Hades is well balanced, with great combat, and a continually unfolding story that shows no signs of ending.
      positive · Jan 31, 2021 · review 85721537
    • Great mechanics, balance, art style, music, and voice acting.
      positive · Jan 31, 2021 · review 85724883
  • stability

    4 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The game runs very smoothly at 150 fps constantly and I have personally never gotten a crash or lag spikes.
      positive · Nov 30, 2023 · review 152605435
    • … and I was pretty skeptical about it and this genre, but ooh boy I couldn't be more wrong about it, fantastic game, combat smooth and quick, 0 glitches 0 bugs, the art style and the colors are very unique and very pleasant to see, the lore is top tier I never had the urge to skip a dialogue, I had …
      positive · Jul 31, 2026 · review 231777733
    • Its pretty much a full release, quality-wise and completely bug-free for the time being (8 hours in).
      positive · Dec 31, 2019 · review 61022841

Emergent themes unvalidated

topics reviewers bring up that are not on the validated list; raw counts only, no error bars

  • grind 5

Review timeline

monthly peak 34,321 reviews · all languages

review volume 10,000 20,000 30,000 0 positive review share 100% 50% 0% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Dec 2019 · 5,717 reviews (5,652 up · 65 down) · 99% positive Jan 2020 · 4,896 reviews (4,820 up · 76 down) · 98% positive Feb 2020 · 2,282 reviews (2,239 up · 43 down) · 98% positive Mar 2020 · 1,953 reviews (1,914 up · 39 down) · 98% positive Apr 2020 · 801 reviews (790 up · 11 down) · 99% positive May 2020 · 2,266 reviews (2,222 up · 44 down) · 98% positive Jun 2020 · 1,714 reviews (1,689 up · 25 down) · 99% positive Jul 2020 · 2,279 reviews (2,252 up · 27 down) · 99% positive Aug 2020 · 1,078 reviews (1,051 up · 27 down) · 97% positive Sep 2020 · 10,628 reviews (10,487 up · 141 down) · 99% positive Oct 2020 · 12,574 reviews (12,427 up · 147 down) · 99% positive Nov 2020 · 34,321 reviews (34,152 up · 169 down) · 100% positive Dec 2020 · 17,360 reviews (17,157 up · 203 down) · 99% positive Jan 2021 · 12,982 reviews (12,799 up · 183 down) · 99% positive Feb 2021 · 6,833 reviews (6,739 up · 94 down) · 99% positive Mar 2021 · 6,957 reviews (6,816 up · 141 down) · 98% positive Apr 2021 · 4,181 reviews (4,108 up · 73 down) · 98% positive May 2021 · 3,173 reviews (3,112 up · 61 down) · 98% positive Jun 2021 · 3,837 reviews (3,763 up · 74 down) · 98% positive Jul 2021 · 6,073 reviews (5,939 up · 134 down) · 98% positive Aug 2021 · 3,560 reviews (3,483 up · 77 down) · 98% positive Sep 2021 · 2,809 reviews (2,760 up · 49 down) · 98% positive Oct 2021 · 3,359 reviews (3,300 up · 59 down) · 98% positive Nov 2021 · 5,394 reviews (5,302 up · 92 down) · 98% positive Dec 2021 · 4,397 reviews (4,305 up · 92 down) · 98% positive Jan 2022 · 4,272 reviews (4,170 up · 102 down) · 98% positive Feb 2022 · 3,483 reviews (3,406 up · 77 down) · 98% positive Mar 2022 · 2,855 reviews (2,784 up · 71 down) · 98% positive Apr 2022 · 2,333 reviews (2,273 up · 60 down) · 97% positive May 2022 · 1,898 reviews (1,866 up · 32 down) · 98% positive Jun 2022 · 2,125 reviews (2,079 up · 46 down) · 98% positive Jul 2022 · 3,599 reviews (3,510 up · 89 down) · 98% positive Aug 2022 · 3,027 reviews (2,964 up · 63 down) · 98% positive Sep 2022 · 2,738 reviews (2,679 up · 59 down) · 98% positive Oct 2022 · 2,182 reviews (2,135 up · 47 down) · 98% positive Nov 2022 · 3,863 reviews (3,793 up · 70 down) · 98% positive Dec 2022 · 6,343 reviews (6,183 up · 160 down) · 97% positive Jan 2023 · 5,022 reviews (4,907 up · 115 down) · 98% positive Feb 2023 · 2,240 reviews (2,172 up · 68 down) · 97% positive Mar 2023 · 2,450 reviews (2,383 up · 67 down) · 97% positive Apr 2023 · 2,538 reviews (2,455 up · 83 down) · 97% positive May 2023 · 1,742 reviews (1,688 up · 54 down) · 97% positive Jun 2023 · 1,437 reviews (1,408 up · 29 down) · 98% positive Jul 2023 · 2,812 reviews (2,739 up · 73 down) · 97% positive Aug 2023 · 1,620 reviews (1,585 up · 35 down) · 98% positive Sep 2023 · 1,792 reviews (1,744 up · 48 down) · 97% positive Oct 2023 · 1,638 reviews (1,582 up · 56 down) · 97% positive Nov 2023 · 3,134 reviews (3,071 up · 63 down) · 98% positive Dec 2023 · 3,042 reviews (2,958 up · 84 down) · 97% positive Jan 2024 · 2,497 reviews (2,428 up · 69 down) · 97% positive Feb 2024 · 2,109 reviews (2,041 up · 68 down) · 97% positive Mar 2024 · 2,089 reviews (2,023 up · 66 down) · 97% positive Apr 2024 · 1,924 reviews (1,850 up · 74 down) · 96% positive May 2024 · 9,316 reviews (9,001 up · 315 down) · 97% positive Jun 2024 · 3,083 reviews (2,965 up · 118 down) · 96% positive Jul 2024 · 3,192 reviews (3,072 up · 120 down) · 96% positive Aug 2024 · 1,617 reviews (1,560 up · 57 down) · 96% positive Sep 2024 · 1,203 reviews (1,156 up · 47 down) · 96% positive Oct 2024 · 1,094 reviews (1,050 up · 44 down) · 96% positive Nov 2024 · 1,811 reviews (1,758 up · 53 down) · 97% positive Dec 2024 · 2,484 reviews (2,393 up · 91 down) · 96% positive Jan 2025 · 1,887 reviews (1,807 up · 80 down) · 96% positive Feb 2025 · 1,513 reviews (1,464 up · 49 down) · 97% positive Mar 2025 · 1,738 reviews (1,681 up · 57 down) · 97% positive Apr 2025 · 1,160 reviews (1,108 up · 52 down) · 96% positive May 2025 · 1,040 reviews (999 up · 41 down) · 96% positive Jun 2025 · 1,259 reviews (1,205 up · 54 down) · 96% positive Jul 2025 · 2,314 reviews (2,231 up · 83 down) · 96% positive Aug 2025 · 1,203 reviews (1,162 up · 41 down) · 97% positive Sep 2025 · 2,885 reviews (2,741 up · 144 down) · 95% positive Oct 2025 · 3,875 reviews (3,685 up · 190 down) · 95% positive Nov 2025 · 2,336 reviews (2,263 up · 73 down) · 97% positive Dec 2025 · 2,396 reviews (2,286 up · 110 down) · 95% positive Jan 2026 · 2,468 reviews (2,338 up · 130 down) · 95% positive Feb 2026 · 1,492 reviews (1,405 up · 87 down) · 94% positive Mar 2026 · 1,804 reviews (1,735 up · 69 down) · 96% positive Apr 2026 · 2,136 reviews (2,049 up · 87 down) · 96% positive May 2026 · 1,644 reviews (1,558 up · 86 down) · 95% positive Jun 2026 · 1,326 reviews (1,267 up · 59 down) · 96% positive Jul 2026 · 2,190 reviews (2,091 up · 99 down) · 95% positive Aug 2026 · 458 reviews (440 up · 18 down) · 96% positive

monthly share rated positive · 50% reference · months with <5 reviews faded

the timeline as a table
Reviews per month, all languages; months with no reviews are left out.
month reviews up down positive note
Dec 2019 5,717 5,652 65 99%
Jan 2020 4,896 4,820 76 98%
Feb 2020 2,282 2,239 43 98%
Mar 2020 1,953 1,914 39 98%
Apr 2020 801 790 11 99%
May 2020 2,266 2,222 44 98%
Jun 2020 1,714 1,689 25 99%
Jul 2020 2,279 2,252 27 99%
Aug 2020 1,078 1,051 27 97%
Sep 2020 10,628 10,487 141 99%
Oct 2020 12,574 12,427 147 99%
Nov 2020 34,321 34,152 169 100%
Dec 2020 17,360 17,157 203 99%
Jan 2021 12,982 12,799 183 99%
Feb 2021 6,833 6,739 94 99%
Mar 2021 6,957 6,816 141 98%
Apr 2021 4,181 4,108 73 98%
May 2021 3,173 3,112 61 98%
Jun 2021 3,837 3,763 74 98%
Jul 2021 6,073 5,939 134 98%
Aug 2021 3,560 3,483 77 98%
Sep 2021 2,809 2,760 49 98%
Oct 2021 3,359 3,300 59 98%
Nov 2021 5,394 5,302 92 98%
Dec 2021 4,397 4,305 92 98%
Jan 2022 4,272 4,170 102 98%
Feb 2022 3,483 3,406 77 98%
Mar 2022 2,855 2,784 71 98%
Apr 2022 2,333 2,273 60 97%
May 2022 1,898 1,866 32 98%
Jun 2022 2,125 2,079 46 98%
Jul 2022 3,599 3,510 89 98%
Aug 2022 3,027 2,964 63 98%
Sep 2022 2,738 2,679 59 98%
Oct 2022 2,182 2,135 47 98%
Nov 2022 3,863 3,793 70 98%
Dec 2022 6,343 6,183 160 97%
Jan 2023 5,022 4,907 115 98%
Feb 2023 2,240 2,172 68 97%
Mar 2023 2,450 2,383 67 97%
Apr 2023 2,538 2,455 83 97%
May 2023 1,742 1,688 54 97%
Jun 2023 1,437 1,408 29 98%
Jul 2023 2,812 2,739 73 97%
Aug 2023 1,620 1,585 35 98%
Sep 2023 1,792 1,744 48 97%
Oct 2023 1,638 1,582 56 97%
Nov 2023 3,134 3,071 63 98%
Dec 2023 3,042 2,958 84 97%
Jan 2024 2,497 2,428 69 97%
Feb 2024 2,109 2,041 68 97%
Mar 2024 2,089 2,023 66 97%
Apr 2024 1,924 1,850 74 96%
May 2024 9,316 9,001 315 97%
Jun 2024 3,083 2,965 118 96%
Jul 2024 3,192 3,072 120 96%
Aug 2024 1,617 1,560 57 96%
Sep 2024 1,203 1,156 47 96%
Oct 2024 1,094 1,050 44 96%
Nov 2024 1,811 1,758 53 97%
Dec 2024 2,484 2,393 91 96%
Jan 2025 1,887 1,807 80 96%
Feb 2025 1,513 1,464 49 97%
Mar 2025 1,738 1,681 57 97%
Apr 2025 1,160 1,108 52 96%
May 2025 1,040 999 41 96%
Jun 2025 1,259 1,205 54 96%
Jul 2025 2,314 2,231 83 96%
Aug 2025 1,203 1,162 41 97%
Sep 2025 2,885 2,741 144 95%
Oct 2025 3,875 3,685 190 95%
Nov 2025 2,336 2,263 73 97%
Dec 2025 2,396 2,286 110 95%
Jan 2026 2,468 2,338 130 95%
Feb 2026 1,492 1,405 87 94%
Mar 2026 1,804 1,735 69 96%
Apr 2026 2,136 2,049 87 96%
May 2026 1,644 1,558 86 95%
Jun 2026 1,326 1,267 59 96%
Jul 2026 2,190 2,091 99 95%
Aug 2026 458 440 18 96%

How this report was made
Population
all Steam reviews of the game (every language, purchase type, and verdict), walked newest-first per window; only English-language reviews are analyzed
Sample
602 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 81 windows (newest-first within each), taken from an all-language walk and kept English-only — where English is a minority the sample runs smaller than the draw, and every margin of error is computed at 602
Aspect yield
276 of 602 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (45.8%); every share on this page divides by all 602
Interval regime
calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
Fetch paths
81 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
Language mix
1,000 fetched: english 606 · brazilian 100 · spanish 69 · 19 more
Steam-marked windows
none flagged by Steam (Valve's off-topic flagging began March 2019)
Marked share
0.0% of sample inside marked windows, under the 2% floor
Narrative
passed the grounding gate first try
Evidence floor
aspects and emergent themes appear only with 5+ supporting reviews; smaller counts sit at the classifier's false-positive floor
Instrument readings
measured once on the study corpus for this model and prompt: frozen calibration, not properties of this run
· aspect tagging vs. human labels
0.766 [0.713–0.811] (F1 against a human-labeled test set; 1.0 is best)
· quotes filed under the wrong aspect
11.6% [6.6–19.6] of quotes, measured by hand on a sample; lower is better
· independent model vs. production labels
0.791 [0.772–0.810] (F1 of the production labeler against an independent judge model)
Versions
deepseek-v4-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
Run
serve-20260810T000658Z-96af9380 · code 4fe0d18

full methodology in the milestone write-ups