Can you trust ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 91.7%
Genuinely great 799 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON holds an official Steam rating of 91.7%. After weighting 799 positive and 800 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 91.7% (95% range 91.5–91.9%), 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 0.80 in trust and negative ones 0.80; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (28% overall).
Across 39 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 92.5% (last 30 days: 94.1%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews alone show 83.4% (5,593 reviews, 95% range 82.5–84.4%), 8.3 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 87.2%.
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 | 1% | 15% |
| Very short text | 30% | 11% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 35% | 29% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 7% | 6% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 3% | 7% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.80 | 0.80 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 30.1 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 94.1% | 505 |
| Last 180 days | 92.5% | 3,667 |
| All time | 91.7% | 86,333 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 87.2% | 164 |
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