Steam Game Reviews over Time
Average rating and most reviewed trends are bundled into months after 2010 and quarters before 2010 due to change in release frequency.
The most reviewed game spike in 2012 is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which has more reviews than the next 7 most reviewed games combined.
Ratings never dip below about 40% with one major exception: Battlefield 2042
Top Rated Games
| Game | Release Date | Reviews | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| RimWorld | 10/17/2018 | 125,292 | 98% |
| Factorio | 8/14/2020 | 105,608 | 98% |
| Stardew Valley | 2/26/2016 | 436,680 | 98% |
| Half-Life: Alyx | 3/23/2020 | 65,381 | 98% |
| Hades | 9/17/2020 | 190,298 | 98% |
| ULTRAKILL | 9/3/2020 | 39,595 | 98% |
| Wallpaper Engine | NaN/NaN/NaN | 540,592 | 98% |
| Portal 2 | 4/18/2011 | 254,774 | 98% |
| Vampire Survivors | 10/20/2022 | 157,753 | 98% |
| OMORI | 12/25/2020 | 43,521 | 98% |
| Totally Accurate Battle Simulator | 4/1/2021 | 91,150 | 98% |
| Portal | 10/10/2007 | 96,922 | 98% |
| People Playground | 7/23/2019 | 140,950 | 98% |
| A Hat in Time | 10/5/2017 | 35,938 | 98% |
| Katana ZERO | 4/18/2019 | 45,786 | 98% |
| The Henry Stickmin Collection | 8/7/2020 | 31,629 | 98% |
| OneShot | NaN/NaN/NaN | 29,125 | 98% |
| Firework | 2/3/2021 | 26,878 | 98% |
| Stray | 7/19/2022 | 92,337 | 97% |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered | 8/12/2022 | 35,138 | 97% |
| Deep Rock Galactic | 5/13/2020 | 135,787 | 97% |
| Phasmophobia | 9/18/2020 | 409,330 | 97% |
| The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt | 5/18/2015 | 546,450 | 97% |
| God of War | 1/14/2022 | 52,330 | 97% |
| Satisfactory | 6/8/2020 | 99,071 | 97% |
| Terraria | 5/16/2011 | 835,316 | 97% |
| BeamNG.drive | 5/29/2015 | 135,278 | 97% |
| Bloons TD 6 | 12/17/2018 | 195,897 | 97% |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 11/4/2014 | 195,994 | 97% |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 11/16/2009 | 490,131 | 97% |
| Inscryption | 10/19/2021 | 75,401 | 97% |
| Dead Cells | 8/6/2018 | 102,696 | 97% |
| Hollow Knight | 2/24/2017 | 230,543 | 97% |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 10/18/2012 | 430,383 | 97% |
| Slay the Spire | 1/23/2019 | 104,054 | 97% |
| Resident Evil 2 | 1/24/2019 | 77,346 | 97% |
| Persona 4 Golden | 6/13/2020 | 51,668 | 97% |
| Slime Rancher | 8/1/2017 | 89,102 | 97% |
| PowerWash Simulator | 7/14/2022 | 27,451 | 97% |
| Celeste | 1/25/2018 | 56,386 | 97% |
| Half-Life 2 | 11/16/2004 | 116,765 | 97% |
| Dyson Sphere Program | 1/20/2021 | 60,296 | 97% |
| Counter-Strike | 11/1/2000 | 129,150 | 97% |
| Dishonored | 10/8/2012 | 53,325 | 97% |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two | 10/10/2007 | 24,680 | 97% |
| South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ | 3/3/2014 | 40,381 | 97% |
| STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack | 2/16/2006 | 25,177 | 97% |
| Mount & Blade: Warband | 3/31/2010 | 115,104 | 97% |
| Papers, Please | 8/8/2013 | 49,314 | 97% |
| Ravenfield | 5/18/2017 | 52,113 | 97% |
| VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | 6/21/2016 | 26,291 | 97% |
| BattleBlock Theater® | 5/15/2014 | 50,408 | 97% |
| Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition | 5/5/2009 | 84,184 | 97% |
| Cookie Clicker | 9/1/2021 | 35,937 | 97% |
| Hotline Miami | 10/23/2012 | 65,974 | 97% |
| Broforce | 10/15/2015 | 40,666 | 97% |
| The Wolf Among Us | 10/11/2013 | 23,602 | 97% |
| The Walking Dead | 4/24/2012 | 35,512 | 97% |
| Duck Game | 6/4/2015 | 22,124 | 97% |
| The Room | 7/28/2014 | 20,761 | 97% |
| Helltaker | 5/11/2020 | 108,721 | 97% |
| Blender | 1/2/1994 | 38,759 | 97% |
| American Truck Simulator | 2/2/2016 | 93,176 | 96% |
| Risk of Rain 2 | 8/11/2020 | 146,872 | 96% |
| Garry's Mod | 11/29/2006 | 769,944 | 96% |
| Subnautica | 1/23/2018 | 188,954 | 96% |
| Teardown | 4/21/2022 | 54,701 | 96% |
| Tabletop Simulator | 6/5/2015 | 33,142 | 96% |
| Don't Starve Together | 4/21/2016 | 243,839 | 96% |
| Oxygen Not Included | 7/30/2019 | 85,942 | 96% |
| Cuphead | 9/29/2017 | 110,459 | 96% |
| Beat Saber | 5/21/2019 | 60,259 | 96% |
| Fallout: New Vegas | 10/19/2010 | 134,326 | 96% |
| Blade and Sorcery | 12/11/2018 | 35,006 | 96% |
| Left 4 Dead | 11/17/2008 | 36,133 | 96% |
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 3/10/2020 | 87,527 | 96% |
| Castle Crashers® | 9/26/2012 | 71,070 | 96% |
| Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 9/21/2010 | 114,873 | 96% |
| Counter-Strike: Source | 11/1/2004 | 96,657 | 96% |
| Half-Life | 11/8/1998 | 64,528 | 96% |
| Ultimate Chicken Horse | 3/4/2016 | 23,523 | 96% |
| Enter the Gungeon | 4/5/2016 | 62,462 | 96% |
| Outlast | 9/4/2013 | 65,349 | 96% |
| Don't Starve | NaN/NaN/NaN | 82,781 | 96% |
| Undertale | 9/15/2015 | 164,831 | 96% |
| Muse Dash | 6/20/2019 | 65,993 | 96% |
| Soundpad | 11/9/2016 | 43,360 | 96% |
| GRIS | 12/13/2018 | 51,133 | 96% |
| Tomb Raider | 3/4/2013 | 132,182 | 96% |
| Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | 2/18/2016 | 22,598 | 96% |
| INSIDE | 7/7/2016 | 36,538 | 96% |
| POSTAL 2 | 4/13/2003 | 65,925 | 96% |
| Life is Strange - Episode 1 | 1/29/2015 | 158,435 | 96% |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition | 3/26/2010 | 32,045 | 96% |
| To the Moon | 11/1/2011 | 48,637 | 96% |
| Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | 12/6/2016 | 26,190 | 96% |
| My Friend Pedro | 6/20/2019 | 21,377 | 96% |
| The Walking Dead: Season Two | 12/17/2013 | 20,542 | 96% |
| Unheard | 3/28/2019 | 23,633 | 96% |
| Killing Floor | 5/14/2009 | 35,801 | 96% |
Most Reviewed Games
| Game | Release Date | Reviews | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 8/21/2012 | 6,776,887 | 88% |
| Dota 2 | 7/9/2013 | 1,886,070 | 82% |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 4/14/2015 | 1,315,981 | 85% |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege | 12/1/2015 | 920,605 | 87% |
| Team Fortress 2 | 10/10/2007 | 920,388 | 93% |
| Terraria | 5/16/2011 | 835,316 | 97% |
| Garry's Mod | 11/29/2006 | 769,944 | 96% |
| Rust | 2/8/2018 | 694,816 | 87% |
| Among Us | 11/16/2018 | 566,590 | 92% |
| The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt | 5/18/2015 | 546,450 | 97% |
| Wallpaper Engine | NaN/NaN/NaN | 540,592 | 98% |
| Apex Legends™ | 11/4/2020 | 539,824 | 85% |
| Warframe | 3/25/2013 | 513,076 | 87% |
| Destiny 2 | 10/1/2019 | 506,917 | 83% |
| Unturned | 7/7/2017 | 496,857 | 91% |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 11/16/2009 | 490,131 | 97% |
| Dead by Daylight | 6/14/2016 | 453,816 | 81% |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | 8/27/2017 | 452,287 | 83% |
| ELDEN RING | 2/24/2022 | 443,419 | 91% |
| Stardew Valley | 2/26/2016 | 436,680 | 98% |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 10/18/2012 | 430,383 | 97% |
| Phasmophobia | 9/18/2020 | 409,330 | 97% |
| PAYDAY 2 | 8/13/2013 | 387,157 | 89% |
| The Forest | 4/30/2018 | 361,985 | 95% |
| Paladins® | 5/8/2018 | 333,000 | 85% |
| Valheim | 2/2/2021 | 319,940 | 95% |
| Brawlhalla | 10/17/2017 | 306,330 | 83% |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12/5/2019 | 291,902 | 89% |
| Portal 2 | 4/18/2011 | 254,774 | 98% |
| Dying Light | 1/26/2015 | 253,685 | 95% |
| Don't Starve Together | 4/21/2016 | 243,839 | 96% |
| Hollow Knight | 2/24/2017 | 230,543 | 97% |
| Monster Hunter: World | 8/9/2018 | 221,404 | 87% |
| DARK SOULS™ III | 4/11/2016 | 219,200 | 94% |
| Sea of Thieves | 6/3/2020 | 218,579 | 90% |
| Raft | 6/20/2022 | 204,767 | 93% |
| Geometry Dash | 12/22/2014 | 198,826 | 93% |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 11/4/2014 | 195,994 | 97% |
| Bloons TD 6 | 12/17/2018 | 195,897 | 97% |
| Path of Exile | 10/23/2013 | 193,918 | 87% |
| Hades | 9/17/2020 | 190,298 | 98% |
| Subnautica | 1/23/2018 | 188,954 | 96% |
| Fallout 4 | 11/9/2015 | 188,083 | 82% |
| Doki Doki Literature Club! | 9/22/2017 | 182,739 | 96% |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 12/3/2019 | 178,971 | 92% |
| Borderlands 2 | 9/17/2012 | 177,655 | 95% |
| Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 10/20/2016 | 172,999 | 84% |
| 7 Days to Die | 12/13/2013 | 165,645 | 88% |
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | 10/25/2022 | 165,290 | 87% |
| Undertale | 9/15/2015 | 164,831 | 96% |
| Life is Strange - Episode 1 | 1/29/2015 | 158,435 | 96% |
| Cities: Skylines | 3/10/2015 | 157,908 | 93% |
| Vampire Survivors | 10/20/2022 | 157,753 | 98% |
| Arma 3 | 9/12/2013 | 157,024 | 90% |
| Hearts of Iron IV | 6/6/2016 | 150,431 | 92% |
| SCP: Secret Laboratory | 5/15/2017 | 147,885 | 91% |
| Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | 3/21/2019 | 147,442 | 94% |
| Risk of Rain 2 | 8/11/2020 | 146,872 | 96% |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3/9/2021 | 145,151 | 89% |
| Crab Game | 10/29/2021 | 142,741 | 92% |
| People Playground | 7/23/2019 | 140,950 | 98% |
| DOOM Eternal | 3/19/2020 | 140,059 | 91% |
| Deep Rock Galactic | 5/13/2020 | 135,787 | 97% |
| BeamNG.drive | 5/29/2015 | 135,278 | 97% |
| Fallout: New Vegas | 10/19/2010 | 134,326 | 96% |
| Muck | 6/5/2021 | 134,196 | 94% |
| Human: Fall Flat | 7/22/2016 | 133,959 | 94% |
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | 9/14/2017 | 133,643 | 95% |
| Tomb Raider | 3/4/2013 | 132,182 | 96% |
| Counter-Strike | 11/1/2000 | 129,150 | 97% |
| RimWorld | 10/17/2018 | 125,292 | 98% |
| World of Warships | 11/15/2017 | 117,232 | 81% |
| Titanfall® 2 | 10/28/2016 | 116,821 | 94% |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 10/27/2016 | 116,804 | 94% |
| Half-Life 2 | 11/16/2004 | 116,765 | 97% |
| Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | 10/5/2018 | 116,501 | 89% |
| Mount & Blade: Warband | 3/31/2010 | 115,104 | 97% |
| Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 9/21/2010 | 114,873 | 96% |
| Hunt: Showdown | 8/27/2019 | 114,157 | 84% |
| DOOM | 5/12/2016 | 114,012 | 95% |
| Cuphead | 9/29/2017 | 110,459 | 96% |
| Project Zomboid | 11/8/2013 | 109,432 | 93% |
| Helltaker | 5/11/2020 | 108,721 | 97% |
| Splitgate | 5/24/2019 | 107,012 | 91% |
| Factorio | 8/14/2020 | 105,608 | 98% |
| The Elder Scrolls® Online | 4/4/2014 | 104,924 | 83% |
| Slay the Spire | 1/23/2019 | 104,054 | 97% |
| Darkest Dungeon® | 1/19/2016 | 103,012 | 91% |
| Dead Cells | 8/6/2018 | 102,696 | 97% |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 11/14/2019 | 99,912 | 94% |
| theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | 2/16/2017 | 99,687 | 87% |
| Satisfactory | 6/8/2020 | 99,071 | 97% |
| Stellaris | 5/9/2016 | 98,392 | 88% |
| Portal | 10/10/2007 | 96,922 | 98% |
| Counter-Strike: Source | 11/1/2004 | 96,657 | 96% |
| BioShock Infinite | 3/25/2013 | 95,696 | 93% |
| American Truck Simulator | 2/2/2016 | 93,176 | 96% |
| It Takes Two | 3/25/2021 | 92,792 | 95% |
| Stray | 7/19/2022 | 92,337 | 97% |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | 2/9/2016 | 91,587 | 93% |
Most Loved Games
| Game | Release Date | Reviews | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 8/21/2012 | 6,776,887 | 88% |
| Terraria | 5/16/2011 | 835,316 | 97% |
| Garry's Mod | 11/29/2006 | 769,944 | 96% |
| Team Fortress 2 | 10/10/2007 | 920,388 | 93% |
| Wallpaper Engine | NaN/NaN/NaN | 540,592 | 98% |
| The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt | 5/18/2015 | 546,450 | 97% |
| Dota 2 | 7/9/2013 | 1,886,070 | 82% |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 11/16/2009 | 490,131 | 97% |
| Stardew Valley | 2/26/2016 | 436,680 | 98% |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 4/14/2015 | 1,315,981 | 85% |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 10/18/2012 | 430,383 | 97% |
| Phasmophobia | 9/18/2020 | 409,330 | 97% |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege | 12/1/2015 | 920,605 | 87% |
| Among Us | 11/16/2018 | 566,590 | 92% |
| The Forest | 4/30/2018 | 361,985 | 95% |
| Unturned | 7/7/2017 | 496,857 | 91% |
| Rust | 2/8/2018 | 694,816 | 87% |
| Portal 2 | 4/18/2011 | 254,774 | 98% |
| Valheim | 2/2/2021 | 319,940 | 95% |
| ELDEN RING | 2/24/2022 | 443,419 | 91% |
| Hollow Knight | 2/24/2017 | 230,543 | 97% |
| Don't Starve Together | 4/21/2016 | 243,839 | 96% |
| Warframe | 3/25/2013 | 513,076 | 87% |
| Dying Light | 1/26/2015 | 253,685 | 95% |
| Hades | 9/17/2020 | 190,298 | 98% |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 11/4/2014 | 195,994 | 97% |
| Bloons TD 6 | 12/17/2018 | 195,897 | 97% |
| PAYDAY 2 | 8/13/2013 | 387,157 | 89% |
| Apex Legends™ | 11/4/2020 | 539,824 | 85% |
| Subnautica | 1/23/2018 | 188,954 | 96% |
| Vampire Survivors | 10/20/2022 | 157,753 | 98% |
| DARK SOULS™ III | 4/11/2016 | 219,200 | 94% |
| Doki Doki Literature Club! | 9/22/2017 | 182,739 | 96% |
| People Playground | 7/23/2019 | 140,950 | 98% |
| Undertale | 9/15/2015 | 164,831 | 96% |
| Borderlands 2 | 9/17/2012 | 177,655 | 95% |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12/5/2019 | 291,902 | 89% |
| Raft | 6/20/2022 | 204,767 | 93% |
| Life is Strange - Episode 1 | 1/29/2015 | 158,435 | 96% |
| Destiny 2 | 10/1/2019 | 506,917 | 83% |
| Geometry Dash | 12/22/2014 | 198,826 | 93% |
| RimWorld | 10/17/2018 | 125,292 | 98% |
| Deep Rock Galactic | 5/13/2020 | 135,787 | 97% |
| BeamNG.drive | 5/29/2015 | 135,278 | 97% |
| Risk of Rain 2 | 8/11/2020 | 146,872 | 96% |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | 8/27/2017 | 452,287 | 83% |
| Counter-Strike | 11/1/2000 | 129,150 | 97% |
| Fallout: New Vegas | 10/19/2010 | 134,326 | 96% |
| Tomb Raider | 3/4/2013 | 132,182 | 96% |
| Sea of Thieves | 6/3/2020 | 218,579 | 90% |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 12/3/2019 | 178,971 | 92% |
| Half-Life 2 | 11/16/2004 | 116,765 | 97% |
| Paladins® | 5/8/2018 | 333,000 | 85% |
| Mount & Blade: Warband | 3/31/2010 | 115,104 | 97% |
| Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | 3/21/2019 | 147,442 | 94% |
| Factorio | 8/14/2020 | 105,608 | 98% |
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | 9/14/2017 | 133,643 | 95% |
| Cities: Skylines | 3/10/2015 | 157,908 | 93% |
| Helltaker | 5/11/2020 | 108,721 | 97% |
| Dead by Daylight | 6/14/2016 | 453,816 | 81% |
| Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 9/21/2010 | 114,873 | 96% |
| Portal | 10/10/2007 | 96,922 | 98% |
| Muck | 6/5/2021 | 134,196 | 94% |
| Human: Fall Flat | 7/22/2016 | 133,959 | 94% |
| Slay the Spire | 1/23/2019 | 104,054 | 97% |
| Dead Cells | 8/6/2018 | 102,696 | 97% |
| Cuphead | 9/29/2017 | 110,459 | 96% |
| Satisfactory | 6/8/2020 | 99,071 | 97% |
| Totally Accurate Battle Simulator | 4/1/2021 | 91,150 | 98% |
| Hearts of Iron IV | 6/6/2016 | 150,431 | 92% |
| DOOM | 5/12/2016 | 114,012 | 95% |
| Crab Game | 10/29/2021 | 142,741 | 92% |
| Monster Hunter: World | 8/9/2018 | 221,404 | 87% |
| Stray | 7/19/2022 | 92,337 | 97% |
| Titanfall® 2 | 10/28/2016 | 116,821 | 94% |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 10/27/2016 | 116,804 | 94% |
| Slime Rancher | 8/1/2017 | 89,102 | 97% |
| Counter-Strike: Source | 11/1/2004 | 96,657 | 96% |
| SCP: Secret Laboratory | 5/15/2017 | 147,885 | 91% |
| Brawlhalla | 10/17/2017 | 306,330 | 83% |
| Arma 3 | 9/12/2013 | 157,024 | 90% |
| American Truck Simulator | 2/2/2016 | 93,176 | 96% |
| Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition | 5/5/2009 | 84,184 | 97% |
| DOOM Eternal | 3/19/2020 | 140,059 | 91% |
| Path of Exile | 10/23/2013 | 193,918 | 87% |
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 3/10/2020 | 87,527 | 96% |
| Oxygen Not Included | 7/30/2019 | 85,942 | 96% |
| It Takes Two | 3/25/2021 | 92,792 | 95% |
| Project Zomboid | 11/8/2013 | 109,432 | 93% |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 11/14/2019 | 99,912 | 94% |
| Resident Evil 2 | 1/24/2019 | 77,346 | 97% |
| Don't Starve | NaN/NaN/NaN | 82,781 | 96% |
| 7 Days to Die | 12/13/2013 | 165,645 | 88% |
| Inscryption | 10/19/2021 | 75,401 | 97% |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3/9/2021 | 145,151 | 89% |
| Half-Life: Alyx | 3/23/2020 | 65,381 | 98% |
| Black Mesa | 3/6/2020 | 82,602 | 95% |
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | 10/25/2022 | 165,290 | 87% |
| Kerbal Space Program | 4/27/2015 | 88,382 | 94% |
| BioShock Infinite | 3/25/2013 | 95,696 | 93% |