Can you trust Persona 5 Royal's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 95.9%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Persona 5 Royal holds an official Steam rating of 96.4%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 95.9% (95% range 95.7–96.0%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
Positive reviews average 0.73 in trust and negative ones 0.83; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (40% overall).
Across 49 months of history, no month shows a concentrated wave of negative reviews. There is no sign of coordinated review activity.
The last 180 days show 95.4% (last 30 days: 95.2%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews (1,430) show 92.5%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 92.3%.
The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.
Positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 2% | 7% |
| Very short text | 41% | 14% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 34% | 33% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 18% | 5% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 3% | 5% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.73 | 0.83 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 63.6 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 95.2% | 2,513 |
| Last 180 days | 95.4% | 16,484 |
| All time | 96.4% | 141,763 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 92.3% | 181 |
About this verdict
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