Ori and the Blind Forest
analyzed 2026-10-02 · sample of 292 English reviews across the whole review history
Across 292 sampled reviews, the aspects players raise most are music, story, and graphics, and the sentiment is nearly uniform. Music appears in 33.9% of reviews with no negative mentions, and players describe it as "still fantastic" and "Phenominal, haunting, inspiring and enchanting orchestral score". Story shows up in 31.8%, largely praised as "an emotional story meant to tug at the heart", while graphics and art style draw similar warmth, with "the graphics are far too good" and "powerfully beautiful game, visually". Emotional impact, characters, atmosphere, and world are smaller shares but almost entirely positive. Difficulty is where opinion genuinely splits: 24.7% of reviews mention it, with 39 positive against 16 negative and 13 mixed. One player notes it "can even be a tough game", another that it "KICKS YOU IN THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BALLS OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU LOVE IT". Level design divides too, at 11 positive to 8 negative. Game length is the clearest complaint: of 18 mentions, 8 are negative and 8 neutral, with players saying "Wish the game could be a bit longer". Performance and bugs also skew negative in their small shares. Controls, progression, exploration, and combat recur as talking points, generally favorably, though combat draws a few detractors.
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 40% · ± is the sampling uncertainty around each share
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music
99 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Amazing art, beautiful music, awesome gameplay.
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Beautiful platform nature-themed game with a nice soundtrack and a pleasant storyline.
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The music is still fantastic and its an unbeatable experience and you can play for a couple of minutes.
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story
85 positive · 3 negative · 3 mixed · 2 neutral
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Beautiful platform nature-themed game with a nice soundtrack and a pleasant storyline.
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Beautiful aesthetics, fluid animation, fun movement, and a touching story.
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Great art great controls good story love the game
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graphics
87 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Beautiful and challenging.
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The kind of game that feels like a forgotten childhood favourite, even though the graphics are far too good.
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Smooth metroidvania, that looks stunning.
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art style
76 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Amazing art, beautiful music, awesome gameplay.
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Beautiful platform nature-themed game with a nice soundtrack and a pleasant storyline.
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Beautiful aesthetics, fluid animation, fun movement, and a touching story.
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gameplay
69 positive · 2 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral
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Amazing art, beautiful music, awesome gameplay.
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The gameplay is really fun.
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This game has beautiful art and music, an emotional story meant to tug at the heart, and a lot of great platform-style gameplay.
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difficulty
39 positive · 16 negative · 13 mixed · 4 neutral
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Beautiful and challenging.
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Sometimes it can even be a tough game! I think I appreciate Ori for not only being a gorgeous piece of art, but also for still being a gorgeous piece of art that I can PLAY.
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Lulls you into a false sense of security with its pretty visuals and amazing music and then KICKS YOU IN THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BALLS OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU LOVE IT
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controls
34 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Beautiful aesthetics, fluid animation, fun movement, and a touching story.
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Great art great controls good story love the game
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The movement is fluid, controls are well thought out, and the user interface is easy to understand.
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emotional impact
30 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Made me cry at multiple different parts, some plot related, some because of the brutal gameplay.
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I have played many games, yet none have had such amazing art or touched my heartstrings as much as Ori did.
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And the feels man, the feels.
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price value
21 positive · 3 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral
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Other than those two gripes, this game was worth every cent of its $20 price tag.
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For me definitely game of the year so far (I might reconsider when Witcher 3 is out, but that is another story xD) and definitevely worth the price.
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Definitely worth it at full price.
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progression
18 positive · 3 negative · 2 mixed · 0 neutral
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Upgrade system had me seeking out secrets.
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Because once you master the challenging situation, you get a new ability, with that the gameplay changes and feels more and more rewarding.
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[*] you like metroidvania games: here's a lot to explore, many hidden places, informative map and suitable amount of skills to unlock;
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see more
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level design
11 positive · 8 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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Challenging levels and amazing level design.
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and the level design is very well.
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I am not talking about the (in other reviews) many times mentioned graphics or the great soundtrack, I am talking about how perfect the level design is:
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characters
18 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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The design of the characters and the world is amazing, but certain parts were just way to hard (for me).
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Each tree, plant, enemy, and character- even those you do not see often or even at all- has been given voice and each has a beautiful story to tell.
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The relationship of each charater in the game will understand each other.
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game length
2 positive · 8 negative · 0 mixed · 8 neutral
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Completed saves can not be re-entered and cleaned up which I found a nuisance, but some would argue incentivizes players to replay the otherwise fairly short (10 hour) game.
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You'll get some feels throughout your 6 hour journey and I wish more games like this exist.
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its not often i find a game that is this well done heck this may even be my first encounter with such an honestly captivating game as im typing this i am remembering how i felt playing this game and i loved every bit of it in the 9 hours it took me to beat the game
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sound design
17 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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in my top 3 2015 games so far musics , efects , difficulty , controls simply magnificent!
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The sound effect is also suitable, and Ori's squeal is totally adorable.
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Several of its components were flawless, from sound design and soundtrack to visuals and platforming/combat.
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exploration
16 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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But in truth, they are so short and so much of your time is spent on gameplay and exploration.
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This game have many hidden spot and have many place can test of your skill.
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I would explain this game as Meatboys fluid controls meets Dusts graphical art style and exploration (but much better).
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world
16 positive · 0 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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The design of the characters and the world is amazing, but certain parts were just way to hard (for me).
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Not only is the gameplay statisfyingly challenging without being frustrating, but the setting and music are incredible backdrops to the story.
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It's in the world. Every detail has been painstakingly brought to life.
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atmosphere
16 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Stylised, immersive and extremely addictive
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No sound but complete and utter silence and it is perfect for the ambiance of the game.
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I feel very immersed when playing this game because of the great orchestra that they play.
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combat
9 positive · 4 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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Several of its components were flawless, from sound design and soundtrack to visuals and platforming/combat.
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Puzzles are good and the action is good.
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A great combat system at that. Very fun combat which leaves you having to run and jump about while fighting to avoid being hit.
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replayability
12 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Pumped to go play the sequel!
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Only con for me was when the game ended, though there is definitely some replay value for those interested in speed runs, no death playthroughs, and 100% completion runs.
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Completed saves can not be re-entered and cleaned up which I found a nuisance, but some would argue incentivizes players to replay the otherwise fairly short (10 hour) game.
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addictiveness
10 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Aside from a few challenging moments that have me swearing like an infant sailor, I can't get enough of this game.
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Stylised, immersive and extremely addictive
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It will suck you in and never let you go :)
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performance
4 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Some minor problems that I experienced was heavy frame rate drop during cutscenes.
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Additionally, certain areas become inaccessible after completing them, and attempting to set the game's FPS above 60 can result in accelerated gameplay, making it challenging to react quickly.
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though i doubt it because it can take LoL, Team Fortress, and Heros of the Storm, but this game lags serverly at parts.
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balance
6 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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I read several reviews about the game is too difficult, but I have to say the balancing is just fine: Simple at the beginning and becoming more and more challenging.
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Enjoyable and moderately challenging metroidvania, in my opinion one of the best and well-balanced games of this genre.
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Even aside from that, the controls are intuitive, the runback isn't terrible, and while the deaths are unforgiving, they don't feel *unfair*.
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bugs
1 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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8/10 only because you can't access your save after you complete it, so if you're a completionist, do everything before entering the last area, because there is NO going back.
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- Some Glitch really dangerous > Need to be fix soon
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The other thing is that the cutscenes have a bug. While watching the beautiful cutscene, sometimes it will flip upside down and back or will sometimes cut out completely, but come back.
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dlc
3 positive · 2 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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There is a "Definitive" version coming along and will instantly buy or upgrade.
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its that is that i had to lower the resoulution for the game to go fast, and if you end up loving this game their making dlc cause everyone liked it
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The definite edition has additional story parts, skills & further options (such as difficulty levels or teleportation) and I'm glad that I started the game once more after playing the standard version - the extensions are worth it!
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content amount
4 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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And there is such a high variety in the game. Every level/world feels different, has different gameplay and challenges.
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there's no good reason to play this version over the definitive edition, with its bonus content and gameplay improvements.
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It adds new content and fixes issues the original had.
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pacing
4 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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It's a beautiful game that flows seamlessly.
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The moments of lull followed by adrenaline rushes.
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With everything flowing perfectly, always feeling like a well-thought package and keeping just the right pace of introducing new elements, enemies and challenges, is there really anything negative to say about Ori?
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quest design
5 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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The puzzles are thought-provoking and satisfying, and there is a strong sense of progression as you become more versatile with each unlocked power and more powerful with each level.
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The gameplay comes with many mini games/puzzles, things like portals, copter, using enemy projectiles etc. which keeps you engaged all the time, without being repetative.
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The gameplay is completely intuitive and the puzzles continue to be refreshing and challenging, as well as extremely rewarding once you figure them out.
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ui
3 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Graphics, interface, story mode all on different level of enjoyment and game play.
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The movement is fluid, controls are well thought out, and the user interface is easy to understand.
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[*] you like metroidvania games: here's a lot to explore, many hidden places, informative map and suitable amount of skills to unlock;
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Review timeline
monthly peak 6,400 reviews · all languages
monthly share rated positive · 50% reference · months with <5 reviews faded
the timeline as a table
| month | reviews | up | down | positive | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2015 | 3,310 | 3,216 | 94 | 97% | |
| Apr 2015 | 1,122 | 1,089 | 33 | 97% | |
| May 2015 | 507 | 491 | 16 | 97% | |
| Jun 2015 | 1,440 | 1,396 | 44 | 97% | |
| Jul 2015 | 824 | 796 | 28 | 97% | |
| Aug 2015 | 439 | 416 | 23 | 95% | |
| Sep 2015 | 328 | 323 | 5 | 98% | |
| Oct 2015 | 325 | 314 | 11 | 97% | |
| Nov 2015 | 644 | 628 | 16 | 98% | |
| Dec 2015 | 1,415 | 1,377 | 38 | 97% | |
| Jan 2016 | 1,631 | 1,572 | 59 | 96% | |
| Feb 2016 | 1,298 | 1,243 | 55 | 96% | |
| Mar 2016 | 825 | 803 | 22 | 97% | |
| Apr 2016 | 560 | 536 | 24 | 96% | |
| May 2016 | 268 | 256 | 12 | 96% | |
| Jun 2016 | 224 | 211 | 13 | 94% | |
| Jul 2016 | 218 | 204 | 14 | 94% | |
| Aug 2016 | 180 | 167 | 13 | 93% | |
| Sep 2016 | 146 | 140 | 6 | 96% | |
| Oct 2016 | 156 | 144 | 12 | 92% | |
| Nov 2016 | 1,390 | 1,374 | 16 | 99% | |
| Dec 2016 | 402 | 383 | 19 | 95% | |
| Jan 2017 | 335 | 319 | 16 | 95% | |
| Feb 2017 | 202 | 196 | 6 | 97% | |
| Mar 2017 | 179 | 167 | 12 | 93% | |
| Apr 2017 | 139 | 134 | 5 | 96% | |
| May 2017 | 175 | 169 | 6 | 97% | |
| Jun 2017 | 522 | 501 | 21 | 96% | |
| Jul 2017 | 414 | 394 | 20 | 95% | |
| Aug 2017 | 191 | 177 | 14 | 93% | |
| Sep 2017 | 153 | 146 | 7 | 95% | |
| Oct 2017 | 182 | 174 | 8 | 96% | |
| Nov 2017 | 735 | 720 | 15 | 98% | |
| Dec 2017 | 276 | 261 | 15 | 95% | |
| Jan 2018 | 214 | 197 | 17 | 92% | |
| Feb 2018 | 171 | 164 | 7 | 96% | |
| Mar 2018 | 133 | 127 | 6 | 95% | |
| Apr 2018 | 97 | 88 | 9 | 91% | |
| May 2018 | 115 | 110 | 5 | 96% | |
| Jun 2018 | 268 | 256 | 12 | 96% | |
| Jul 2018 | 216 | 197 | 19 | 91% | |
| Aug 2018 | 128 | 118 | 10 | 92% | |
| Sep 2018 | 69 | 65 | 4 | 94% | |
| Oct 2018 | 96 | 88 | 8 | 92% | |
| Nov 2018 | 394 | 378 | 16 | 96% | |
| Dec 2018 | 168 | 152 | 16 | 90% | |
| Jan 2019 | 150 | 132 | 18 | 88% | |
| Feb 2019 | 166 | 156 | 10 | 94% | |
| Mar 2019 | 85 | 80 | 5 | 94% | |
| Apr 2019 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 88% | |
| May 2019 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 92% | |
| Jun 2019 | 328 | 312 | 16 | 95% | |
| Jul 2019 | 397 | 375 | 22 | 94% | |
| Aug 2019 | 118 | 113 | 5 | 96% | |
| Sep 2019 | 87 | 81 | 6 | 93% | |
| Oct 2019 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 95% | |
| Nov 2019 | 301 | 293 | 8 | 97% | |
| Dec 2019 | 412 | 399 | 13 | 97% | |
| Jan 2020 | 343 | 327 | 16 | 95% | |
| Feb 2020 | 601 | 570 | 31 | 95% | |
| Mar 2020 | 6,400 | 6,026 | 374 | 94% | |
| Apr 2020 | 1,392 | 1,316 | 76 | 95% | |
| May 2020 | 556 | 512 | 44 | 92% | |
| Jun 2020 | 591 | 558 | 33 | 94% | |
| Jul 2020 | 555 | 516 | 39 | 93% | |
| Aug 2020 | 322 | 306 | 16 | 95% | |
| Sep 2020 | 340 | 324 | 16 | 95% | |
| Oct 2020 | 299 | 282 | 17 | 94% | |
| Nov 2020 | 451 | 432 | 19 | 96% | |
| Dec 2020 | 447 | 424 | 23 | 95% | |
| Jan 2021 | 443 | 407 | 36 | 92% | |
| Feb 2021 | 470 | 442 | 28 | 94% | |
| Mar 2021 | 273 | 256 | 17 | 94% | |
| Apr 2021 | 247 | 232 | 15 | 94% | |
| May 2021 | 216 | 199 | 17 | 92% | |
| Jun 2021 | 195 | 188 | 7 | 96% | |
| Jul 2021 | 244 | 228 | 16 | 93% | |
| Aug 2021 | 208 | 187 | 21 | 90% | |
| Sep 2021 | 169 | 159 | 10 | 94% | |
| Oct 2021 | 203 | 190 | 13 | 94% | |
| Nov 2021 | 275 | 262 | 13 | 95% | |
| Dec 2021 | 230 | 218 | 12 | 95% | |
| Jan 2022 | 224 | 213 | 11 | 95% | |
| Feb 2022 | 148 | 136 | 12 | 92% | |
| Mar 2022 | 124 | 113 | 11 | 91% | |
| Apr 2022 | 159 | 153 | 6 | 96% | |
| May 2022 | 126 | 116 | 10 | 92% | |
| Jun 2022 | 126 | 114 | 12 | 90% | |
| Jul 2022 | 149 | 138 | 11 | 93% | |
| Aug 2022 | 136 | 127 | 9 | 93% | |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 110 | 9 | 92% | |
| Oct 2022 | 100 | 89 | 11 | 89% | |
| Nov 2022 | 145 | 137 | 8 | 94% | |
| Dec 2022 | 154 | 146 | 8 | 95% | |
| Jan 2023 | 170 | 150 | 20 | 88% | |
| Feb 2023 | 139 | 131 | 8 | 94% | |
| Mar 2023 | 184 | 170 | 14 | 92% | |
| Apr 2023 | 139 | 124 | 15 | 89% | |
| May 2023 | 127 | 112 | 15 | 88% | |
| Jun 2023 | 130 | 112 | 18 | 86% | |
| Jul 2023 | 574 | 497 | 77 | 87% | |
| Aug 2023 | 190 | 172 | 18 | 91% | |
| Sep 2023 | 333 | 283 | 50 | 85% | |
| Oct 2023 | 445 | 388 | 57 | 87% | |
| Nov 2023 | 343 | 311 | 32 | 91% | |
| Dec 2023 | 367 | 325 | 42 | 89% | |
| Jan 2024 | 317 | 287 | 30 | 91% | |
| Feb 2024 | 472 | 412 | 60 | 87% | |
| Mar 2024 | 448 | 400 | 48 | 89% | |
| Apr 2024 | 338 | 282 | 56 | 83% | |
| May 2024 | 224 | 199 | 25 | 89% | |
| Jun 2024 | 310 | 270 | 40 | 87% | |
| Jul 2024 | 210 | 185 | 25 | 88% | |
| Aug 2024 | 151 | 137 | 14 | 91% | |
| Sep 2024 | 221 | 190 | 31 | 86% | |
| Oct 2024 | 176 | 157 | 19 | 89% | |
| Nov 2024 | 146 | 128 | 18 | 88% | |
| Dec 2024 | 278 | 232 | 46 | 83% | |
| Jan 2025 | 233 | 198 | 35 | 85% | |
| Feb 2025 | 163 | 136 | 27 | 83% | |
| Mar 2025 | 241 | 208 | 33 | 86% | |
| Apr 2025 | 202 | 159 | 43 | 79% | |
| May 2025 | 269 | 212 | 57 | 79% | |
| Jun 2025 | 273 | 234 | 39 | 86% | |
| Jul 2025 | 266 | 219 | 47 | 82% | |
| Aug 2025 | 162 | 138 | 24 | 85% | |
| Sep 2025 | 161 | 138 | 23 | 86% | |
| Oct 2025 | 259 | 223 | 36 | 86% | |
| Nov 2025 | 183 | 151 | 32 | 83% | |
| Dec 2025 | 260 | 223 | 37 | 86% | |
| Jan 2026 | 195 | 158 | 37 | 81% | |
| Feb 2026 | 133 | 110 | 23 | 83% | |
| Mar 2026 | 136 | 111 | 25 | 82% | |
| Apr 2026 | 142 | 113 | 29 | 80% | |
| May 2026 | 119 | 100 | 19 | 84% | |
| Jun 2026 | 232 | 190 | 42 | 82% | |
| Jul 2026 | 229 | 187 | 42 | 82% | |
| Aug 2026 | 116 | 96 | 20 | 83% | |
| Sep 2026 | 107 | 79 | 28 | 74% | |
| Oct 2026 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% |
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
- 292 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 139 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 292
- Aspect yield
- 215 of 292 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (73.6%); every share on this page divides by all 292
- Interval regime
- calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
- Fetch paths
- 139 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
- Language mix
- 1,000 fetched: schinese 451 · english 293 · russian 62 · 21 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
- 0.801 [0.752–0.844] (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 — measured on the prior model (2026-08-05); re-measurement pending
- · independent model vs. production labels
- 0.791 [0.772–0.810] (F1 of the production labeler against an independent judge model) — measured on the prior model (2026-07-25); re-measurement pending
- Versions
- deepseek-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
- Run
- serve-20261002T191730Z-968f5206 · code 798e06c
full methodology in the milestone write-ups