Can you trust Monster Hunter Wilds's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 47.6%
Genuinely poor 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
The adjusted rating for Monster Hunter Wilds is 47.6% (95% range 46.9–48.2%), in line with the official 49.7% on Steam. It is based on 800 positive and 800 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Genuinely poor" (the adjusted rating is 50% or lower and the negative reviews carry high trust).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 31.1% (19,856 reviews, 95% range 30.5–31.7%), 18.6 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 50.6%.
The main driver is that positive reviews include more very short reviews (39% of positive vs 17% of negative). As a result, positive reviews average 0.75 in trust against 0.82 for negative ones.
Across 21 months of history, negative reviews spiked in 2 months (Jun 2025, Jul 2025). The largest was Jun 2025, with 18,239 reviews, 88% of them negative. These months hold 26% of all negative reviews; excluding them, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 52.4% to 58.9%.
The last 180 days show 64.2%, 14.6 points above the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is stronger.
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% | 4% |
| Very short text | 39% | 17% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 32% | 38% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 14% | 10% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 1% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.75 | 0.82 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 64.8 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2025-06, 2025-07). Detection rule
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 70.7% | 3,750 |
| Last 180 days | 64.2% | 18,706 |
| All time | 49.7% | 333,188 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 50.6% | 710 |
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