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Fallout 4

analyzed 2026-09-24 · sample of 565 English reviews across the whole review history

Across 565 sampled reviews, combat draws praise in 42 of 49 mentions, and exploration is unanimously positive across all 24. The world and its atmosphere come up warmly, with players describing "some great locations and places to visit" and a "big, fun to explore world with tons of little details and hidden places to discover". Mods are the most-mentioned aspect at 17.9%, leaning positive, and settlement building recurs as a theme players raise. Criticism clusters around bugs, stability, and performance: 47 of 51 bug mentions are negative, all 24 stability mentions are negative, and 24 of 30 performance mentions are negative, with complaints like sitting "in a loading screen for 15 minutes". Writing and player choice also skew negative, and developer conduct draws 25 mentions with none positive. Opinion splits on quest design, which is evenly divided at 16 positive and 16 negative, and on the story, where 31 of 65 mentions are negative. Progression and DLC divide similarly. Praise concentrates on customization, content amount, and addictiveness, while the RPG elements remain a point of contention.

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Aspects

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  • positive
  • mixed / neutral
  • negative
  • mods

    68 positive · 24 negative · 8 mixed · 1 neutral

    • However it better shines on the modding side of things.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101994301
    • Even the mods were great.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998853
    • Mods and commands make any game just a little sweeter.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104902342
  • story

    23 positive · 31 negative · 10 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Fallout 4 has its problems, being lighter on the RPG elements, infected with the Mass Effect dialog wheel, and having the standard collection of Bethesda bugs.
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104909815
    • play for gun not for story
      negative · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212695
    • Though I don't like the main story as much as I did 3, they are some great locations and places to visit in the game and the dlc actually added some more depth to the game instead of just being aspects of the game seemingly held back just to release as a dlc.
      negative · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212913
  • bugs

    2 positive · 47 negative · 0 mixed · 2 neutral

    • However, you will still find bugs in the main storyline, which was very disappointing.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998853
    • Fallout 4 has its problems, being lighter on the RPG elements, infected with the Mass Effect dialog wheel, and having the standard collection of Bethesda bugs.
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104909815
    • Hardcore survival mode unplayable due to unending bugs.
      negative · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212945
  • combat

    42 positive · 3 negative · 4 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Good shooter, terrible Fallout game/RPG in general.
      positive · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100262473
    • play for gun not for story
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212695
    • - fun gunplay and combat
      positive · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123104153
  • gameplay

    28 positive · 16 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Fallout 4 was incredibly fun, having the same gameplay from Fallout 3.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998853
    • Great Game, story, and gameplay
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107009902
    • I love the gameplay in general, I love the map, I love the open world and the setting in the post apocalyptic and 50s nuclear environment
      positive · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121547137
  • world

    30 positive · 8 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Unique settings
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107015632
    • Though I don't like the main story as much as I did 3, they are some great locations and places to visit in the game and the dlc actually added some more depth to the game instead of just being aspects of the game seemingly held back just to release as a dlc.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212913
    • I love the gameplay in general, I love the map, I love the open world and the setting in the post apocalyptic and 50s nuclear environment
      positive · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121547137
  • quest design

    16 positive · 16 negative · 3 mixed · 0 neutral

    • … THE GAME AND ENJOY IT FOR WHAT IT IS THIS ISH IS BUSSSSSIIIIINNNN everyone says its trash but I love it and how much there is to the story and side quest.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109214113
    • Follow the quests or do what you want - but have fun! Thanks, Steam!
      positive · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123104233
    • It also has amazing missions, cool armor, and sweet weapons.
      positive · Dec 31, 2022 · review 129813102
  • player choice

    6 positive · 24 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Also, there's no consequence to basically any dialogue choice (unless you count sarcastic being funny as ♥♥♥♥) and you can basically do whatever you want and it won't impact your play through all that much.
      negative · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123106942
    • [*] I have no idea how Bethesda could not be incredibly embarrassed by its hardcoded 4-choice dialogue system in an RPG title.
      negative · May 31, 2024 · review 166422556
    • I love the game but the options for who to side with are pure dookie.
      negative · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171192524
  • performance

    5 positive · 24 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • love the game but the fps is so bad
      negative · Sep 30, 2021 · review 100260895
    • - terrible optimization [especially noticeable through things including but not limited to framerate dips in certain areas and long load times. also it's really crash happy]
      negative · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123104153
    • Imagine buying FO4 at full price, and you have to mod the ♥♥♥♥ out of it just so you don't have to sit in a loading screen for 15 minutes whenever you pass through any door between the Commonwealth and anywhere else.
      negative · Dec 31, 2023 · review 154934108
  • price value

    15 positive · 8 negative · 2 mixed · 5 neutral

    • HOWEVER, it is entirely worth it in my opinion to get the game on sale and just molest it with mods.
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104904332
    • Thank god I bought it at $6.
      positive · Dec 31, 2023 · review 154934108
    • ☑ Worth the price
      positive · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171190736
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  • dlc

    11 positive · 12 negative · 5 mixed · 1 neutral

    • … the gameplay isn't just for me and the stuffs in it just makes it unenjoyable for me to sit down for hours playing it, besides that, the DLC just plain sucks what the hell?
      negative · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131971470
    • Instead of adding DLC's to the game the developers need to take care of the many bugs that plague it, especially in the main story line.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163945947
    • If you buy this game, don't get the DLCs
      negative · Jan 31, 2025 · review 186861064
  • writing

    3 positive · 23 negative · 2 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Fallout 4 has its problems, being lighter on the RPG elements, infected with the Mass Effect dialog wheel, and having the standard collection of Bethesda bugs.
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104909815
    • [*] The main villain's plan appears to have been forgotten by the writers.
      negative · May 31, 2024 · review 166422556
    • There are some bugs that keep me from finishing some quests, though, and I do agree that the conversation wheel is unfortunately not the best thing.
      negative · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19397579
  • developer conduct

    0 positive · 25 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Don't give Bethesda your money
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121546543
    • anyways this game also made by a pretty crappy company, nuff say don't buy just watch the nostalgic videos at least
      negative · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131971470
    • To be expected from Bethesda.
      negative · Sep 30, 2023 · review 147393441
  • exploration

    24 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • - big, fun to explore world with tons of little details and hidden places to discover
      positive · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123104153
    • Fun to explore every inch of the map
      positive · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163946725
    • Nonetheless, there is a fun part in the game: The exploration. There is always something at the next corner.
      positive · May 31, 2024 · review 166422140
  • stability

    0 positive · 24 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • also it's really crash happy]
      negative · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123104153
    • Fallout 4 is Amazing, crashes too much but still amazing.
      negative · Jul 31, 2023 · review 143172790
    • my load times are 4x what they were, my game sometimes hangs, player randomly walks like overcumbered when not, and alt tabing sometimes just breaks the game.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163948324
  • graphics

    16 positive · 6 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Great graphics and story.
      positive · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171190096
    • ☑ Good
      positive · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171190736
    • The graphics are great and the game has been developed in all the right areas Some people will run through the game but as in Skyrim the side quests are the key to play and get the full statisfaction of the game, walk to and dont use Fast Travel.
      positive · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19399322
  • content amount

    20 positive · 1 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • So many things to do!!
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101994532
    • Plenty of missions, things to do.
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101998853
    • Thoroughly enjoy this game, lots of things to do and different levels of difficulty from quests to monsters.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111264221
  • progression

    9 positive · 10 negative · 3 mixed · 0 neutral

    • - the role-playing mechanics are largely watered down from previous Fallout games
      negative · Oct 31, 2023 · review 149277208
    • Such a classic, very good game play mechanics compared to Fallout 3 and New Vegas, wish the RPG aspects were a bit more in depth like New Vegas, but still a great game for anyone looking to play Fallout.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163948711
    • Unfortunately, the game is pretty easy, and after some time, there is no real challange, no more skills you'd take, and the gameplay itself is just lackluster.
      negative · May 31, 2024 · review 166422140
  • monetization

    1 positive · 18 negative · 0 mixed · 2 neutral

    • They keep breaking the game trying to push paid mods, and refuse to institute versioning so that you can just rollback to a working build of the game.
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121545254
    • but i guess ill have to keep putting off playing this game for even longer now since that Mod is more than likely gonna have huge delays, all of this to push people to go into the store so that they can give them more money.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163945086
    • Creation Club isn't bad all it needs is REAL DLC like Far Harbour and Nuka World if they start doing that with the Creation Club then it would be worth it right now don't buy the small things and just wait till they put actual content on it just use free mods till then.
      negative · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19397655
  • updates

    1 positive · 18 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • They keep breaking the game trying to push paid mods, and refuse to institute versioning so that you can just rollback to a working build of the game.
      negative · Aug 31, 2022 · review 121545254
    • … finished watching the series, only to find out that my game doesn't work properly anymore because they thought it was a good idea to "fix" things that have been actually fixed by modders years ago, effectively breaking every mod in the game.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163945086
    • the new update however has screwed everything up.
      negative · Apr 30, 2024 · review 163948324
  • customization

    15 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • It also has amazing missions, cool armor, and sweet weapons.
      positive · Dec 31, 2022 · review 129813102
    • [*] Oh, the weapon and armor modding system was a good idea and painting is great.
      positive · May 31, 2024 · review 166422556
    • -Weapon Customization.
      positive · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19398570
  • atmosphere

    14 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • >instantly play it for ten hours straight just getting completely immersed
      positive · Sep 30, 2022 · review 123107003
    • It provides a scary, yet fun environment to play in.
      positive · Dec 31, 2022 · review 129813102
    • The ambient and music makes it really immersive.
      positive · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131968171
  • characters

    12 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • - The companions are distinct from one-another and genuinely charming (yes, even you, Preston)
      positive · Oct 31, 2023 · review 149277208
    • The game is fun with tons of quests to do, companions to get, and there is 4 unique endings.
      positive · Mar 31, 2024 · review 161917987
    • There are quite some companion, although the AI is just terrible.
      positive · May 31, 2024 · review 166422140
  • addictiveness

    14 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • cant stop playing it
      positive · Feb 28, 2023 · review 133830357
    • i love this, the modding potential is endless, i'm hooked to this, i totally don't have over 1200 hours in this already.
      positive · Mar 31, 2024 · review 161913505
    • It will suck you in and consume your life: GO FOR IT!
      positive · Jul 31, 2024 · review 171194044
  • replayability

    12 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • (lotsa replay though)
      positive · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104907619
    • Though Fallout 3 holds a special place for me I like Fallout 4 as well and go back to play it again from time to time.
      positive · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109212913
    • I've played it 200+ hours and I'm not tired of it
      positive · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131968171
  • ai behavior

    3 positive · 9 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • There are quite some companion, although the AI is just terrible.
      negative · May 31, 2024 · review 166422140
    • -Dumb companions sometimes.
      negative · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19398570
    • NPC's are bland as ever 90% of the time: Even though most of the voices are nice, most NPC's are bland as can get, and have no impact on the world at all if you're nice or mean to them, they don't really care.
      negative · Dec 31, 2015 · review 20163029
  • voice acting

    6 positive · 1 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The story is nicely put together and the voice acting was well done.
      positive · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19400100
    • Voices are well done for the most part: Most of the voices for the characters are well done and fit most of the time, they all sound pretty believable.
      positive · Dec 31, 2015 · review 20163029
    • The voice acting is on point, with face movements lacking and sometimes out of sync with the dialogue.
      positive · Mar 31, 2016 · review 22168348
  • balance

    1 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Most weapons are useless: After you get a few set weapons, everything else is useless, all I've been using is a fat man, a heavily upgraded pistol, a smg, a assault rifle, and a sniper, everything else is …
      negative · Dec 31, 2015 · review 20163029
    • But the RNG is really frustrating.
      negative · Jan 31, 2016 · review 20882553
    • My only complaint with the combat is enemies turning into bullet sponges the higher and higher levels you get, which can turn the combat into a slog, although enough variety is shown in enemies, and the AI - surprisingly dynamic for a Beth game- keeps encounters fresh.
      negative · Apr 30, 2016 · review 22731131
  • music

    6 positive · 0 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The ambient and music makes it really immersive.
      positive · Jan 31, 2023 · review 131968171
    • Good soundtrack. Recycled here and there, but nice to listen to.
      positive · Jan 31, 2016 · review 20882553
    • So many diverse places to explore, so many different NPCs to relate to, so many items and quests to find, all while listening to the stylish playlist of hits from the Fifties.
      positive · Dec 31, 2016 · review 28884849
  • difficulty

    4 positive · 1 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Thoroughly enjoy this game, lots of things to do and different levels of difficulty from quests to monsters.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111264221
    • I am excited for a challenge with the new survival mode coming out, and if you can snag this game for under 50 dollars get it!
      positive · Mar 31, 2016 · review 22168348
    • I also played 3 hours and found even hard laughably easy, switched to survival, never looked back.
      positive · Oct 31, 2016 · review 26345649
  • animation

    1 positive · 3 negative · 0 mixed · 1 neutral

    • Character dialog animation is still terrible
      negative · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19398873
    • The voice acting is on point, with face movements lacking and sometimes out of sync with the dialogue.
      negative · Mar 31, 2016 · review 22168348
    • When I encounter minor animation or clipping glitches in such a vast, but incredibly detailed world, I am willing to forgive that.
      negative · Dec 31, 2016 · review 28884849
  • ui

    0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • UI and Pipboy can be a pain sometimes.
      negative · Nov 30, 2015 · review 19398873
    • Building is super quirky and idiosyncratic without mods, and managing your settlers needs UI redesign.
      negative · Jan 31, 2016 · review 20883675
    • You can turn off most of your HUD but cant turn off that stupid thing.
      negative · Nov 30, 2016 · review 28104801

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Review timeline

monthly peak 17,976 reviews · all languages

review volume 5,000 10,000 15,000 0 positive review share 100% 50% 0% 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Nov 2015 · 17,976 reviews (13,913 up · 4,063 down) · 77% positive Dec 2015 · 4,725 reviews (3,682 up · 1,043 down) · 78% positive Jan 2016 · 2,731 reviews (2,086 up · 645 down) · 76% positive Feb 2016 · 2,048 reviews (1,551 up · 497 down) · 76% positive Mar 2016 · 1,939 reviews (1,509 up · 430 down) · 78% positive Apr 2016 · 1,289 reviews (1,002 up · 287 down) · 78% positive May 2016 · 1,364 reviews (978 up · 386 down) · 72% positive Jun 2016 · 1,521 reviews (1,075 up · 446 down) · 71% positive Jul 2016 · 1,520 reviews (1,015 up · 505 down) · 67% positive Aug 2016 · 1,533 reviews (1,013 up · 520 down) · 66% positive Sep 2016 · 945 reviews (642 up · 303 down) · 68% positive Oct 2016 · 1,141 reviews (776 up · 365 down) · 68% positive Nov 2016 · 4,434 reviews (4,031 up · 403 down) · 91% positive Dec 2016 · 1,464 reviews (1,141 up · 323 down) · 78% positive Jan 2017 · 1,335 reviews (1,025 up · 310 down) · 77% positive Feb 2017 · 1,048 reviews (806 up · 242 down) · 77% positive Mar 2017 · 702 reviews (554 up · 148 down) · 79% positive Apr 2017 · 567 reviews (451 up · 116 down) · 80% positive May 2017 · 1,256 reviews (961 up · 295 down) · 77% positive Jun 2017 · 1,814 reviews (1,315 up · 499 down) · 72% positive Jul 2017 · 1,443 reviews (1,129 up · 314 down) · 78% positive Aug 2017 · 2,653 reviews (868 up · 1,785 down) · 33% positive Sep 2017 · 4,707 reviews (878 up · 3,829 down) · 19% positive Oct 2017 · 2,734 reviews (1,020 up · 1,714 down) · 37% positive Nov 2017 · 4,317 reviews (3,575 up · 742 down) · 83% positive Dec 2017 · 1,224 reviews (893 up · 331 down) · 73% positive Jan 2018 · 1,179 reviews (896 up · 283 down) · 76% positive Feb 2018 · 1,485 reviews (1,084 up · 401 down) · 73% positive Mar 2018 · 754 reviews (566 up · 188 down) · 75% positive Apr 2018 · 598 reviews (450 up · 148 down) · 75% positive May 2018 · 682 reviews (501 up · 181 down) · 73% positive Jun 2018 · 1,208 reviews (883 up · 325 down) · 73% positive Jul 2018 · 988 reviews (741 up · 247 down) · 75% positive Aug 2018 · 854 reviews (646 up · 208 down) · 76% positive Sep 2018 · 568 reviews (444 up · 124 down) · 78% positive Oct 2018 · 826 reviews (605 up · 221 down) · 73% positive Nov 2018 · 3,723 reviews (3,399 up · 324 down) · 91% positive Dec 2018 · 1,002 reviews (740 up · 262 down) · 74% positive Jan 2019 · 677 reviews (530 up · 147 down) · 78% positive Feb 2019 · 529 reviews (408 up · 121 down) · 77% positive Mar 2019 · 561 reviews (419 up · 142 down) · 75% positive Apr 2019 · 417 reviews (324 up · 93 down) · 78% positive May 2019 · 526 reviews (372 up · 154 down) · 71% positive Jun 2019 · 2,191 reviews (1,967 up · 224 down) · 90% positive Jul 2019 · 2,867 reviews (2,498 up · 369 down) · 87% positive Aug 2019 · 641 reviews (454 up · 187 down) · 71% positive Sep 2019 · 382 reviews (286 up · 96 down) · 75% positive Oct 2019 · 1,198 reviews (1,032 up · 166 down) · 86% positive Nov 2019 · 5,236 reviews (4,933 up · 303 down) · 94% positive Dec 2019 · 4,644 reviews (4,255 up · 389 down) · 92% positive Jan 2020 · 3,698 reviews (3,438 up · 260 down) · 93% positive Feb 2020 · 2,564 reviews (2,376 up · 188 down) · 93% positive Mar 2020 · 2,641 reviews (2,448 up · 193 down) · 93% positive Apr 2020 · 2,731 reviews (2,483 up · 248 down) · 91% positive May 2020 · 2,214 reviews (2,002 up · 212 down) · 90% positive Jun 2020 · 2,102 reviews (1,885 up · 217 down) · 90% positive Jul 2020 · 3,361 reviews (3,029 up · 332 down) · 90% positive Aug 2020 · 3,433 reviews (3,008 up · 425 down) · 88% positive Sep 2020 · 1,921 reviews (1,772 up · 149 down) · 92% positive Oct 2020 · 2,777 reviews (2,493 up · 284 down) · 90% positive Nov 2020 · 3,124 reviews (2,867 up · 257 down) · 92% positive Dec 2020 · 3,187 reviews (2,889 up · 298 down) · 91% positive Jan 2021 · 3,036 reviews (2,775 up · 261 down) · 91% positive Feb 2021 · 2,316 reviews (2,084 up · 232 down) · 90% positive Mar 2021 · 2,022 reviews (1,839 up · 183 down) · 91% positive Apr 2021 · 1,842 reviews (1,659 up · 183 down) · 90% positive May 2021 · 2,092 reviews (1,891 up · 201 down) · 90% positive Jun 2021 · 1,894 reviews (1,698 up · 196 down) · 90% positive Jul 2021 · 2,621 reviews (2,373 up · 248 down) · 91% positive Aug 2021 · 4,396 reviews (3,861 up · 535 down) · 88% positive Sep 2021 · 2,761 reviews (2,428 up · 333 down) · 88% positive Oct 2021 · 3,832 reviews (3,382 up · 450 down) · 88% positive Nov 2021 · 3,614 reviews (3,292 up · 322 down) · 91% positive Dec 2021 · 2,694 reviews (2,436 up · 258 down) · 90% positive Jan 2022 · 2,832 reviews (2,535 up · 297 down) · 90% positive Feb 2022 · 2,035 reviews (1,839 up · 196 down) · 90% positive Mar 2022 · 1,759 reviews (1,589 up · 170 down) · 90% positive Apr 2022 · 1,747 reviews (1,597 up · 150 down) · 91% positive May 2022 · 1,531 reviews (1,393 up · 138 down) · 91% positive Jun 2022 · 1,819 reviews (1,609 up · 210 down) · 88% positive Jul 2022 · 2,289 reviews (2,056 up · 233 down) · 90% positive Aug 2022 · 2,357 reviews (2,099 up · 258 down) · 89% positive Sep 2022 · 1,751 reviews (1,579 up · 172 down) · 90% positive Oct 2022 · 3,174 reviews (2,842 up · 332 down) · 90% positive Nov 2022 · 2,533 reviews (2,317 up · 216 down) · 91% positive Dec 2022 · 2,435 reviews (2,203 up · 232 down) · 90% positive Jan 2023 · 2,711 reviews (2,476 up · 235 down) · 91% positive Feb 2023 · 1,732 reviews (1,563 up · 169 down) · 90% positive Mar 2023 · 1,791 reviews (1,591 up · 200 down) · 89% positive Apr 2023 · 1,447 reviews (1,283 up · 164 down) · 89% positive May 2023 · 1,300 reviews (1,171 up · 129 down) · 90% positive Jun 2023 · 2,062 reviews (1,804 up · 258 down) · 87% positive Jul 2023 · 2,855 reviews (2,539 up · 316 down) · 89% positive Aug 2023 · 2,818 reviews (2,496 up · 322 down) · 89% positive Sep 2023 · 1,915 reviews (1,695 up · 220 down) · 89% positive Oct 2023 · 1,662 reviews (1,460 up · 202 down) · 88% positive Nov 2023 · 2,312 reviews (2,120 up · 192 down) · 92% positive Dec 2023 · 2,062 reviews (1,819 up · 243 down) · 88% positive Jan 2024 · 2,170 reviews (1,923 up · 247 down) · 89% positive Feb 2024 · 1,921 reviews (1,689 up · 232 down) · 88% positive Mar 2024 · 2,094 reviews (1,913 up · 181 down) · 91% positive Apr 2024 · 14,467 reviews (11,143 up · 3,324 down) · 77% positive May 2024 · 10,253 reviews (8,083 up · 2,170 down) · 79% positive Jun 2024 · 3,716 reviews (3,220 up · 496 down) · 87% positive Jul 2024 · 3,148 reviews (2,736 up · 412 down) · 87% positive Aug 2024 · 2,662 reviews (2,279 up · 383 down) · 86% positive Sep 2024 · 1,600 reviews (1,393 up · 207 down) · 87% positive Oct 2024 · 1,838 reviews (1,591 up · 247 down) · 87% positive Nov 2024 · 1,849 reviews (1,637 up · 212 down) · 89% positive Dec 2024 · 2,081 reviews (1,836 up · 245 down) · 88% positive Jan 2025 · 1,837 reviews (1,606 up · 231 down) · 87% positive Feb 2025 · 1,390 reviews (1,206 up · 184 down) · 87% positive Mar 2025 · 1,851 reviews (1,635 up · 216 down) · 88% positive Apr 2025 · 1,557 reviews (1,378 up · 179 down) · 89% positive May 2025 · 1,340 reviews (1,179 up · 161 down) · 88% positive Jun 2025 · 1,320 reviews (1,145 up · 175 down) · 87% positive Jul 2025 · 1,690 reviews (1,486 up · 204 down) · 88% positive Aug 2025 · 1,836 reviews (1,595 up · 241 down) · 87% positive Sep 2025 · 1,439 reviews (1,033 up · 406 down) · 72% positive Oct 2025 · 1,931 reviews (1,614 up · 317 down) · 84% positive Nov 2025 · 6,684 reviews (1,895 up · 4,789 down) · 28% positive Dec 2025 · 2,854 reviews (1,719 up · 1,135 down) · 60% positive Jan 2026 · 3,463 reviews (2,526 up · 937 down) · 73% positive Feb 2026 · 3,581 reviews (2,971 up · 610 down) · 83% positive Mar 2026 · 1,755 reviews (1,477 up · 278 down) · 84% positive Apr 2026 · 1,268 reviews (1,062 up · 206 down) · 84% positive May 2026 · 1,168 reviews (933 up · 235 down) · 80% positive Jun 2026 · 1,111 reviews (868 up · 243 down) · 78% positive Jul 2026 · 1,330 reviews (1,096 up · 234 down) · 82% positive Aug 2026 · 1,503 reviews (1,139 up · 364 down) · 76% positive Sep 2026 · 765 reviews (624 up · 141 down) · 82% 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
Nov 2015 17,976 13,913 4,063 77%
Dec 2015 4,725 3,682 1,043 78%
Jan 2016 2,731 2,086 645 76%
Feb 2016 2,048 1,551 497 76%
Mar 2016 1,939 1,509 430 78%
Apr 2016 1,289 1,002 287 78%
May 2016 1,364 978 386 72%
Jun 2016 1,521 1,075 446 71%
Jul 2016 1,520 1,015 505 67%
Aug 2016 1,533 1,013 520 66%
Sep 2016 945 642 303 68%
Oct 2016 1,141 776 365 68%
Nov 2016 4,434 4,031 403 91%
Dec 2016 1,464 1,141 323 78%
Jan 2017 1,335 1,025 310 77%
Feb 2017 1,048 806 242 77%
Mar 2017 702 554 148 79%
Apr 2017 567 451 116 80%
May 2017 1,256 961 295 77%
Jun 2017 1,814 1,315 499 72%
Jul 2017 1,443 1,129 314 78%
Aug 2017 2,653 868 1,785 33%
Sep 2017 4,707 878 3,829 19%
Oct 2017 2,734 1,020 1,714 37%
Nov 2017 4,317 3,575 742 83%
Dec 2017 1,224 893 331 73%
Jan 2018 1,179 896 283 76%
Feb 2018 1,485 1,084 401 73%
Mar 2018 754 566 188 75%
Apr 2018 598 450 148 75%
May 2018 682 501 181 73%
Jun 2018 1,208 883 325 73%
Jul 2018 988 741 247 75%
Aug 2018 854 646 208 76%
Sep 2018 568 444 124 78%
Oct 2018 826 605 221 73%
Nov 2018 3,723 3,399 324 91%
Dec 2018 1,002 740 262 74%
Jan 2019 677 530 147 78%
Feb 2019 529 408 121 77%
Mar 2019 561 419 142 75%
Apr 2019 417 324 93 78%
May 2019 526 372 154 71%
Jun 2019 2,191 1,967 224 90%
Jul 2019 2,867 2,498 369 87%
Aug 2019 641 454 187 71%
Sep 2019 382 286 96 75%
Oct 2019 1,198 1,032 166 86%
Nov 2019 5,236 4,933 303 94%
Dec 2019 4,644 4,255 389 92%
Jan 2020 3,698 3,438 260 93%
Feb 2020 2,564 2,376 188 93%
Mar 2020 2,641 2,448 193 93%
Apr 2020 2,731 2,483 248 91%
May 2020 2,214 2,002 212 90%
Jun 2020 2,102 1,885 217 90%
Jul 2020 3,361 3,029 332 90%
Aug 2020 3,433 3,008 425 88%
Sep 2020 1,921 1,772 149 92%
Oct 2020 2,777 2,493 284 90%
Nov 2020 3,124 2,867 257 92%
Dec 2020 3,187 2,889 298 91%
Jan 2021 3,036 2,775 261 91%
Feb 2021 2,316 2,084 232 90%
Mar 2021 2,022 1,839 183 91%
Apr 2021 1,842 1,659 183 90%
May 2021 2,092 1,891 201 90%
Jun 2021 1,894 1,698 196 90%
Jul 2021 2,621 2,373 248 91%
Aug 2021 4,396 3,861 535 88%
Sep 2021 2,761 2,428 333 88%
Oct 2021 3,832 3,382 450 88%
Nov 2021 3,614 3,292 322 91%
Dec 2021 2,694 2,436 258 90%
Jan 2022 2,832 2,535 297 90%
Feb 2022 2,035 1,839 196 90%
Mar 2022 1,759 1,589 170 90%
Apr 2022 1,747 1,597 150 91%
May 2022 1,531 1,393 138 91%
Jun 2022 1,819 1,609 210 88%
Jul 2022 2,289 2,056 233 90%
Aug 2022 2,357 2,099 258 89%
Sep 2022 1,751 1,579 172 90%
Oct 2022 3,174 2,842 332 90%
Nov 2022 2,533 2,317 216 91%
Dec 2022 2,435 2,203 232 90%
Jan 2023 2,711 2,476 235 91%
Feb 2023 1,732 1,563 169 90%
Mar 2023 1,791 1,591 200 89%
Apr 2023 1,447 1,283 164 89%
May 2023 1,300 1,171 129 90%
Jun 2023 2,062 1,804 258 87%
Jul 2023 2,855 2,539 316 89%
Aug 2023 2,818 2,496 322 89%
Sep 2023 1,915 1,695 220 89%
Oct 2023 1,662 1,460 202 88%
Nov 2023 2,312 2,120 192 92%
Dec 2023 2,062 1,819 243 88%
Jan 2024 2,170 1,923 247 89%
Feb 2024 1,921 1,689 232 88%
Mar 2024 2,094 1,913 181 91%
Apr 2024 14,467 11,143 3,324 77%
May 2024 10,253 8,083 2,170 79%
Jun 2024 3,716 3,220 496 87%
Jul 2024 3,148 2,736 412 87%
Aug 2024 2,662 2,279 383 86%
Sep 2024 1,600 1,393 207 87%
Oct 2024 1,838 1,591 247 87%
Nov 2024 1,849 1,637 212 89%
Dec 2024 2,081 1,836 245 88%
Jan 2025 1,837 1,606 231 87%
Feb 2025 1,390 1,206 184 87%
Mar 2025 1,851 1,635 216 88%
Apr 2025 1,557 1,378 179 89%
May 2025 1,340 1,179 161 88%
Jun 2025 1,320 1,145 175 87%
Jul 2025 1,690 1,486 204 88%
Aug 2025 1,836 1,595 241 87%
Sep 2025 1,439 1,033 406 72%
Oct 2025 1,931 1,614 317 84%
Nov 2025 6,684 1,895 4,789 28%
Dec 2025 2,854 1,719 1,135 60%
Jan 2026 3,463 2,526 937 73%
Feb 2026 3,581 2,971 610 83%
Mar 2026 1,755 1,477 278 84%
Apr 2026 1,268 1,062 206 84%
May 2026 1,168 933 235 80%
Jun 2026 1,111 868 243 78%
Jul 2026 1,330 1,096 234 82%
Aug 2026 1,503 1,139 364 76%
Sep 2026 765 624 141 82%

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
565 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 131 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 565
Aspect yield
300 of 565 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (53.1%); every share on this page divides by all 565
Interval regime
calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
Fetch paths
131 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
Language mix
1,000 fetched: english 713 · russian 46 · spanish 46 · 23 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-v4-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
Run
serve-20260924T215848Z-50cd0f65 · code b132904

full methodology in the milestone write-ups