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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

analyzed 2026-08-09 · sample of 497 English reviews across the whole review history

Players most often talk about Bannerlord in terms of its core loop, with 21.7% of sampled reviews mentioning gameplay and leaning positive. The combat draws similar praise, described through moments like "watching waves of your men assault castle walls" and "pulling off a lopsided victory in an open field battle." The game's pull is also evident in addictiveness, where 32 of 33 mentions are positive, with players noting "you'll lose track of time while playing this game." Realism and replayability are mentioned without a single negative note. The sharpest criticism centers on technical state and AI. Bugs appear in 9.1% of reviews, with 41 of 45 being negative, citing "back to back game breaking bugs" and "Features that were broken 2 years ago have not been fixed." Stability is similarly lopsided at 26 negative out of 29 mentions, including "Characters Keep Getting deleted." AI behavior draws 19 negative mentions out of 22, with one player calling it "predictable, easibly maneuverable, undaring and for the worst part boring." Balance, quest design, and developer conduct also skew heavily negative, with complaints about "workshops are still completely useless" and "Features promised 2 years ago are still completely missing." Opinion splits most clearly on content amount, which is evenly divided at 22 positive and 22 negative, and on price value, where 12 negative mentions edge out 9 positive. Players also bring up grind as a recurring theme. Mods are a bright spot at 39 positive out of 48 mentions, though some say they are "waiting for some good mods to be released in order for me to come back to it."

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Aspects

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

  • positive
  • mixed / neutral
  • negative
  • gameplay

    73 positive · 24 negative · 8 mixed · 3 neutral

    • In comparison with previous games of series, there are a lot of enhancements regarding mini-interactions in-game.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907175
    • Ever wondered what it would be like to lead your army into Medieval Battle!
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017820
    • ☑ Very good
      positive · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124743285
  • mods

    39 positive · 8 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Excellent followup for Warband and cant wait for the full release for the full mod support
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101988676
    • very gud, especially with mods
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212421
    • - mods! Lots of fun mods.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109213308
  • combat

    36 positive · 8 negative · 2 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Few things are cooler than watching waves of your men assault castle walls, pulling off a lopsided victory in an open field battle, or watching your crossbowmen mow down waves of looters for fun before selling the lot off them off for hard labor.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998916
    • Also the campaign map is way more captivating since you can infinitely fight everyone, and it's not difficult to hire a new army compared to Warband, the previous game.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907175
    • Buy this and you will learn all about time/money management also while learning to aim a bastard two handed sword at a peasants head from a horse!
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017820
  • bugs

    3 positive · 41 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Features that were broken 2 years ago have not been fixed.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107013264
    • some bugs but overall very fun
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017978
    • I returned to the game recently after not playing it for a few months and have only encountered back to back game breaking bugs, I have tried to reach out to dev support to fix these issues and have not received any kind of response.
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121545621
  • content amount

    22 positive · 22 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Pretty much the only downside that there isn't much else that changes from one campaign to the next other than battles and character development.
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907175
    • The game feels incredibly bare bones (so did base Warband, but this seems worse) there is nothing to do. All my playthroughs have been the same, there like 4 types of banding to kill during the early game. It so boring grinding the same trash enemies, then in the late game it seems still like there is no content.
      negative · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127647572
    • It is not a game - it is demoversion of the game.
      negative · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133830386
  • graphics

    28 positive · 3 negative · 3 mixed · 2 neutral

    • Great game, AI makes a valid attempt to murder you, the weapons are fun to use and the graphics are pretty good.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100260585
    • ☑ Beautiful
      positive · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124743285
    • tl;dr this is Warband II but not better, just prettier.
      positive · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127653902
  • updates

    19 positive · 14 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • It's still fun to do battles and start new campaigns every now and again, especially since there are constant updates and fixes, but even the good ol' M&B battle experience can get old.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907175
    • There are many ways to play it and the devs are constantly improving the base game.
      positive · Mar 31, 2024 · review 161913699
    • much better than when it came out.
      positive · Aug 31, 2024 · review 173927958
  • addictiveness

    32 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • im adddicteed, im in love, thanks guys
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104909271
    • It imposible to stop play.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109202190
    • Fun and addictive.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212287
  • stability

    3 positive · 26 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Features that worked 2 years ago no longer work.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107013264
    • If you look at the community postings or on Taleworlds website every post relates to bugs and crashes players are experiencing, while receiving no help from the developers or staff who are preparing for a console launch in the next month.
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121545621
    • My Characters Keep Getting deleted somehow.
      negative · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131969622
  • price value

    9 positive · 12 negative · 1 mixed · 2 neutral

    • This game is a waste of time and money compared to even vanilla Warband, but mods and Warband far outmatch even the best of this game.
      negative · May 31, 2022 · review 116310692
    • As it stands now, Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord is not worth the asking price.
      negative · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124744321
    • As it stand right now I wouldn't recommend buying Bannerlord. You may be confused by this after seeing my play time, but my play time of Warband is much greater.
      negative · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127647572
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  • ai behavior

    3 positive · 19 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • You attack a camp of bandits and want to level your skill by killing them all yourself, so you order your men to follow you. Why do they walk so slooooooow, only when you order them to attack they run faster.
      negative · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127653639
    • The biggest issue this game faces is the AI, both campaign and combat. Once you've spent a few hours in the game, you will know the behaviour of the AI. It is predictable, easibly maneuverable, undaring and for the worst part boring. The expanded siege system (with …
      negative · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127653902
    • The AI can conjure units out of thin air.
      negative · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133826617
  • developer conduct

    5 positive · 16 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • and this is all expertly exacerbated by a developer that focuses on DLCs and weird expansions instead of improving the literal core aspects of the game.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998916
    • Features promised 2 years ago are still completely missing -- this is an abuse of the Early Access Code of Conduct.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107013264
    • I returned to the game recently after not playing it for a few months and have only encountered back to back game breaking bugs, I have tried to reach out to dev support to fix these issues and have not received any kind of response.
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121545621
  • progression

    10 positive · 8 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral

    • The combat system is fun and rising through the ranks is engaging and motivates you to keep grinding.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109213308
    • Settlement upgrades
      positive · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114747476
    • Like the ability to upgrade armor and status and be whatever you want to be in this world, landlord, honorable general, mercenary captain, a noble, a well known criminal, etc.
      positive · Jul 31, 2023 · review 143170808
  • quest design

    3 positive · 13 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The quests are pretty cookie cutter but ones that dont involve combat are VERY bland.
      negative · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100260585
    • The 'quests' are just notional ways to gain barely any favor with the local 'notables' - on top of that, they seem to be written by toddlers. And the way they're executed was planned by the same. Diplomacy?
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998916
    • Aside from the repetitive quests, I really have no issues.
      negative · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109213308
  • world

    12 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Walking and interacting with NPCs in cities now feels more alive and interesting.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907175
    • My boy wife is so cute, I love the empire.
      positive · May 31, 2023 · review 139342973
    • Especially choosing to play as the Empire has this [b]Gothic castlevania vibe[/b] to it, a huge boreal land filled with monolithic castles straight from fairy tales combined with walled cities.
      positive · Jul 31, 2025 · review 201174486
  • balance

    1 positive · 14 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • There's countless balance issues and multiplayer is a joke.
      negative · May 31, 2022 · review 116310692
    • There are SO many defects, balance issues and QoL annoyances in this game that combined, .
      negative · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133826617
    • Oh, and workshops are still completely useless. For an investment of roughly 20,000, you may make 20 a week back, if you're lucky enough to make money.
      negative · Dec 31, 2024 · review 184378156
  • performance

    4 positive · 7 negative · 3 mixed · 0 neutral

    • This however isnt totally ups, the game needs optimization, melee on a horse can be touch and go even with longer weapons just not hitting sometimes.
      negative · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100260585
    • Infinite loading screens.
      negative · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66297020
    • Looks like I'm watching a Powerpoint™ presentation if I attempt to go over 500+ troops on a battlefield
      negative · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66297243
  • multiplayer

    4 positive · 7 negative · 1 mixed · 1 neutral

    • There's countless balance issues and multiplayer is a joke.
      negative · May 31, 2022 · review 116310692
    • The multiplayer is a disappointment.
      negative · Dec 31, 2025 · review 214762773
    • The slow updates, abandoning the multiplayer, the lack of motivation to fix longtime exisiting bugs etc.
      negative · Jul 31, 2026 · review 231767492
  • learning curve

    2 positive · 8 negative · 0 mixed · 2 neutral

    • Look no further than Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, the game where nothing is explained and you'll spend just as much time searching for information on what to do or how to do it on the internet as you will actually playing the game.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998916
    • i had to cheat to finish the tutorial
      negative · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127656864
    • This game is interesting and intense though hard to learn if you have never played the story of a warband game before
      negative · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131971102
  • ui

    3 positive · 9 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The overland campaign is just a repetitive chore - the writing, the worldbuilding, the campaign UI, just how the entire campaign function of the game plays is awful.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998916
    • There are SO many defects, balance issues and QoL annoyances in this game that combined, .
      negative · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133826617
    • For some reason even the fast forward button is slow as hell.
      negative · Feb 29, 2024 · review 159569336
  • story

    6 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • ☐ Good
      positive · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124743285
    • I won’t spoil anything, but let’s just say I laughed, I panicked, I questioned my moral choices, and at one point I just sat there staring at the screen thinking,
      positive · Dec 31, 2025 · review 214767917
    • Great game play and story line amazing battles and control over troops on field 10/10
      positive · Apr 30, 2020 · review 68315537
  • customization

    5 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • There are some things i wish they would add, such as way better banner customization, also woodworking like the smith options for weapons.
      negative · Nov 30, 2023 · review 152613870
    • No faction spawn locations, a semi-forced quest, not too much variety in armor are my complaints, but they can be worked on and assume they will be.
      negative · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66296809
    • Cant get past the Character creation screen before i'm overwhelmed.
      negative · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66296812
  • player choice

    7 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Like the ability to upgrade armor and status and be whatever you want to be in this world, landlord, honorable general, mercenary captain, a noble, a well known criminal, etc.
      positive · Jul 31, 2023 · review 143170808
    • This game is pretty fun it takes some time but if you make certain descisions it can change the pace of the game, personally i would recomend wathcing some beginner videos first to understand the mechanics but overall 10/10
      positive · Jul 31, 2026 · review 231778838
    • Use your influence to pass laws that make thing go your way.
      positive · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66297292
  • realism

    10 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Buy this and you will learn all about time/money management also while learning to aim a bastard two handed sword at a peasants head from a horse!
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107017820
    • The greatest Medevil Sim ever made, even if it isn't perfect in every way, nothing else comes close.
      positive · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114746740
    • Dope war crime simulator
      positive · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127658307
  • characters

    3 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Courting
      negative · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114747476
    • Your followers WILL abandon you even with max reputation
      negative · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133826617
    • Companions used to have character and now they're just spreadsheets - actually everyone is just a spreadsheet with no real personality.
      negative · Jan 31, 2025 · review 186862395
  • difficulty

    3 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Everyone knows an alcoholic bandit missing an eye has the same reflexes as a champion fighter and that's on the easiest difficulty! I directly blame this on the Souls games and their fans having d***k measuring contests about how great they are at super omega devil killer difficulty.
      negative · Dec 31, 2024 · review 184378156
    • Bannerlord starts off hard.
      negative · Aug 31, 2025 · review 203280423
    • (EDIT: The above was true at the time but 90% of Multiplayer is filled with the best of players. Now the game is no fun to me because they are better than me.
      negative · Apr 30, 2020 · review 68320102
  • game length

    5 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
      positive · Oct 31, 2022 · review 124743285
    • Once you get into it, expect to play it for many hours.
      positive · Aug 31, 2025 · review 203285360
    • +930 hours , absolute cinema
      positive · Jul 31, 2026 · review 231770401
  • community

    3 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • But the community of the Mount and Blade brand is very helpful and the mods creators are just unbelievable.
      positive · Nov 30, 2022 · review 127648653
    • Though there isn't much of a quest line like I was kinda hoping for the game itself is very open and fun on top of the great community with outstanding mods.
      positive · Jul 31, 2020 · review 73581482
    • As for the predecessor the real value added are done with mods, it is ok gameplay wise without but where it really shines its the content the community made.
      positive · Nov 30, 2020 · review 81294587
  • level design

    2 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The weapon handling seems to be a bit better while the map and map band interaction is a bit worse.
      negative · Nov 30, 2024 · review 181188909
    • [b]There are too much invisible walls.
      negative · Mar 31, 2020 · review 66297043
    • Campaign Map to battle map translation: The number of times I've chased an enemy down into a nice grassy field, to be then dumped in to a heavy forest with a river running through it is ridiculous. Unless my memory is failing me, Warband and …
      negative · Apr 30, 2020 · review 68330312
  • replayability

    5 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • It's one of those games that keeps me coming back.
      positive · Mar 31, 2024 · review 161913699
    • Absolutely a thrill for over a hundred hours.
      positive · Mar 31, 2025 · review 191682652
    • Infinite amount of fun, insane attention to details, endless gameplay which will just make you want keep coming back for more.
      positive · Oct 31, 2025 · review 208089706

Emergent themes unvalidated

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

  • grind 6

Review timeline

monthly peak 62,174 reviews · all languages

review volume 20,000 40,000 60,000 0 positive review share 100% 50% 0% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Mar 2020 · 19,875 reviews (17,278 up · 2,597 down) · 87% positive Apr 2020 · 62,174 reviews (55,623 up · 6,551 down) · 89% positive May 2020 · 9,127 reviews (7,533 up · 1,594 down) · 83% positive Jun 2020 · 3,983 reviews (3,236 up · 747 down) · 81% positive Jul 2020 · 3,247 reviews (2,651 up · 596 down) · 82% positive Aug 2020 · 2,638 reviews (2,163 up · 475 down) · 82% positive Sep 2020 · 2,566 reviews (2,113 up · 453 down) · 82% positive Oct 2020 · 2,320 reviews (1,952 up · 368 down) · 84% positive Nov 2020 · 6,794 reviews (6,417 up · 377 down) · 94% positive Dec 2020 · 2,928 reviews (2,504 up · 424 down) · 86% positive Jan 2021 · 2,652 reviews (2,266 up · 386 down) · 85% positive Feb 2021 · 2,182 reviews (1,780 up · 402 down) · 82% positive Mar 2021 · 2,064 reviews (1,741 up · 323 down) · 84% positive Apr 2021 · 1,958 reviews (1,629 up · 329 down) · 83% positive May 2021 · 2,177 reviews (1,802 up · 375 down) · 83% positive Jun 2021 · 1,870 reviews (1,513 up · 357 down) · 81% positive Jul 2021 · 2,270 reviews (1,853 up · 417 down) · 82% positive Aug 2021 · 2,008 reviews (1,601 up · 407 down) · 80% positive Sep 2021 · 1,506 reviews (1,271 up · 235 down) · 84% positive Oct 2021 · 1,562 reviews (1,266 up · 296 down) · 81% positive Nov 2021 · 2,122 reviews (1,824 up · 298 down) · 86% positive Dec 2021 · 2,766 reviews (2,390 up · 376 down) · 86% positive Jan 2022 · 2,570 reviews (2,234 up · 336 down) · 87% positive Feb 2022 · 1,637 reviews (1,431 up · 206 down) · 87% positive Mar 2022 · 1,497 reviews (1,298 up · 199 down) · 87% positive Apr 2022 · 1,547 reviews (1,344 up · 203 down) · 87% positive May 2022 · 1,431 reviews (1,208 up · 223 down) · 84% positive Jun 2022 · 2,019 reviews (1,692 up · 327 down) · 84% positive Jul 2022 · 1,862 reviews (1,580 up · 282 down) · 85% positive Aug 2022 · 2,019 reviews (1,612 up · 407 down) · 80% positive Sep 2022 · 1,774 reviews (1,444 up · 330 down) · 81% positive Oct 2022 · 3,201 reviews (2,523 up · 678 down) · 79% positive Nov 2022 · 7,930 reviews (7,251 up · 679 down) · 91% positive Dec 2022 · 2,270 reviews (1,854 up · 416 down) · 82% positive Jan 2023 · 2,051 reviews (1,793 up · 258 down) · 87% positive Feb 2023 · 1,294 reviews (1,160 up · 134 down) · 90% positive Mar 2023 · 1,633 reviews (1,374 up · 259 down) · 84% positive Apr 2023 · 1,185 reviews (1,024 up · 161 down) · 86% positive May 2023 · 1,066 reviews (936 up · 130 down) · 88% positive Jun 2023 · 1,035 reviews (906 up · 129 down) · 88% positive Jul 2023 · 2,141 reviews (1,893 up · 248 down) · 88% positive Aug 2023 · 1,263 reviews (1,115 up · 148 down) · 88% positive Sep 2023 · 1,139 reviews (973 up · 166 down) · 85% positive Oct 2023 · 1,036 reviews (863 up · 173 down) · 83% positive Nov 2023 · 2,135 reviews (1,917 up · 218 down) · 90% positive Dec 2023 · 2,014 reviews (1,744 up · 270 down) · 87% positive Jan 2024 · 1,815 reviews (1,565 up · 250 down) · 86% positive Feb 2024 · 1,259 reviews (1,052 up · 207 down) · 84% positive Mar 2024 · 1,968 reviews (1,699 up · 269 down) · 86% positive Apr 2024 · 1,303 reviews (1,123 up · 180 down) · 86% positive May 2024 · 1,132 reviews (961 up · 171 down) · 85% positive Jun 2024 · 1,524 reviews (1,294 up · 230 down) · 85% positive Jul 2024 · 2,055 reviews (1,730 up · 325 down) · 84% positive Aug 2024 · 1,345 reviews (1,142 up · 203 down) · 85% positive Sep 2024 · 1,292 reviews (1,119 up · 173 down) · 87% positive Oct 2024 · 1,075 reviews (930 up · 145 down) · 87% positive Nov 2024 · 1,310 reviews (1,153 up · 157 down) · 88% positive Dec 2024 · 2,025 reviews (1,755 up · 270 down) · 87% positive Jan 2025 · 1,747 reviews (1,479 up · 268 down) · 85% positive Feb 2025 · 1,110 reviews (932 up · 178 down) · 84% positive Mar 2025 · 1,596 reviews (1,281 up · 315 down) · 80% positive Apr 2025 · 1,096 reviews (963 up · 133 down) · 88% positive May 2025 · 989 reviews (865 up · 124 down) · 87% positive Jun 2025 · 1,613 reviews (1,401 up · 212 down) · 87% positive Jul 2025 · 1,838 reviews (1,623 up · 215 down) · 88% positive Aug 2025 · 1,184 reviews (1,033 up · 151 down) · 87% positive Sep 2025 · 1,498 reviews (1,323 up · 175 down) · 88% positive Oct 2025 · 1,779 reviews (1,593 up · 186 down) · 90% positive Nov 2025 · 2,565 reviews (2,114 up · 451 down) · 82% positive Dec 2025 · 3,408 reviews (2,705 up · 703 down) · 79% positive Jan 2026 · 1,991 reviews (1,614 up · 377 down) · 81% positive Feb 2026 · 1,377 reviews (1,192 up · 185 down) · 87% positive Mar 2026 · 1,623 reviews (1,353 up · 270 down) · 83% positive Apr 2026 · 1,719 reviews (1,460 up · 259 down) · 85% positive May 2026 · 1,547 reviews (1,297 up · 250 down) · 84% positive Jun 2026 · 1,414 reviews (1,141 up · 273 down) · 81% positive Jul 2026 · 2,271 reviews (1,903 up · 368 down) · 84% positive Aug 2026 · 484 reviews (426 up · 58 down) · 88% 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
Mar 2020 19,875 17,278 2,597 87%
Apr 2020 62,174 55,623 6,551 89%
May 2020 9,127 7,533 1,594 83%
Jun 2020 3,983 3,236 747 81%
Jul 2020 3,247 2,651 596 82%
Aug 2020 2,638 2,163 475 82%
Sep 2020 2,566 2,113 453 82%
Oct 2020 2,320 1,952 368 84%
Nov 2020 6,794 6,417 377 94%
Dec 2020 2,928 2,504 424 86%
Jan 2021 2,652 2,266 386 85%
Feb 2021 2,182 1,780 402 82%
Mar 2021 2,064 1,741 323 84%
Apr 2021 1,958 1,629 329 83%
May 2021 2,177 1,802 375 83%
Jun 2021 1,870 1,513 357 81%
Jul 2021 2,270 1,853 417 82%
Aug 2021 2,008 1,601 407 80%
Sep 2021 1,506 1,271 235 84%
Oct 2021 1,562 1,266 296 81%
Nov 2021 2,122 1,824 298 86%
Dec 2021 2,766 2,390 376 86%
Jan 2022 2,570 2,234 336 87%
Feb 2022 1,637 1,431 206 87%
Mar 2022 1,497 1,298 199 87%
Apr 2022 1,547 1,344 203 87%
May 2022 1,431 1,208 223 84%
Jun 2022 2,019 1,692 327 84%
Jul 2022 1,862 1,580 282 85%
Aug 2022 2,019 1,612 407 80%
Sep 2022 1,774 1,444 330 81%
Oct 2022 3,201 2,523 678 79%
Nov 2022 7,930 7,251 679 91%
Dec 2022 2,270 1,854 416 82%
Jan 2023 2,051 1,793 258 87%
Feb 2023 1,294 1,160 134 90%
Mar 2023 1,633 1,374 259 84%
Apr 2023 1,185 1,024 161 86%
May 2023 1,066 936 130 88%
Jun 2023 1,035 906 129 88%
Jul 2023 2,141 1,893 248 88%
Aug 2023 1,263 1,115 148 88%
Sep 2023 1,139 973 166 85%
Oct 2023 1,036 863 173 83%
Nov 2023 2,135 1,917 218 90%
Dec 2023 2,014 1,744 270 87%
Jan 2024 1,815 1,565 250 86%
Feb 2024 1,259 1,052 207 84%
Mar 2024 1,968 1,699 269 86%
Apr 2024 1,303 1,123 180 86%
May 2024 1,132 961 171 85%
Jun 2024 1,524 1,294 230 85%
Jul 2024 2,055 1,730 325 84%
Aug 2024 1,345 1,142 203 85%
Sep 2024 1,292 1,119 173 87%
Oct 2024 1,075 930 145 87%
Nov 2024 1,310 1,153 157 88%
Dec 2024 2,025 1,755 270 87%
Jan 2025 1,747 1,479 268 85%
Feb 2025 1,110 932 178 84%
Mar 2025 1,596 1,281 315 80%
Apr 2025 1,096 963 133 88%
May 2025 989 865 124 87%
Jun 2025 1,613 1,401 212 87%
Jul 2025 1,838 1,623 215 88%
Aug 2025 1,184 1,033 151 87%
Sep 2025 1,498 1,323 175 88%
Oct 2025 1,779 1,593 186 90%
Nov 2025 2,565 2,114 451 82%
Dec 2025 3,408 2,705 703 79%
Jan 2026 1,991 1,614 377 81%
Feb 2026 1,377 1,192 185 87%
Mar 2026 1,623 1,353 270 83%
Apr 2026 1,719 1,460 259 85%
May 2026 1,547 1,297 250 84%
Jun 2026 1,414 1,141 273 81%
Jul 2026 2,271 1,903 368 84%
Aug 2026 484 426 58 88%

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
497 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 78 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 497
Aspect yield
274 of 497 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (55.1%); every share on this page divides by all 497
Interval regime
calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
Fetch paths
78 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
Language mix
1,000 fetched: english 498 · turkish 155 · schinese 93 · 22 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
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