Can you trust Kenshi's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 95.6%

Release date: 2018年12月6日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
95.6%
117,315 reviews
Adjusted rating
95.6%
95% range 95.4%–95.7%
vs official ±0.0pt
Japanese-language reviews
92.9%
1,592 reviews
vs overall −2.7pt

Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

Kenshi holds an official Steam rating of 95.6%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 95.6% (95% range 95.4–95.7%), 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 (32% overall).

Across 164 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 95.1% (last 30 days: 95.7%), close to the all-time figure.

Japanese-language reviews (1,592) show 92.9%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 86.8%.

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.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%25%
Very short text33%13%
Key activated outside Steam20%13%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games13%4%
Over 100 reviews written1%9%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.800.80

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 49.6 hours.

Rating history

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2013-03: +31 / −1 2013-04: +24 / −0 2013-05: +30 / −1 2013-06: +32 / −0 2013-07: +50 / −2 2013-08: +27 / −1 2013-09: +9 / −1 2013-10: +24 / −1 2013-11: +28 / −0 2013-12: +69 / −6 2014-01: +98 / −8 2014-02: +95 / −5 2014-03: +65 / −9 2014-04: +55 / −5 2014-05: +64 / −13 2014-06: +65 / −8 2014-07: +36 / −12 2014-08: +29 / −4 2014-09: +35 / −4 2014-10: +37 / −3 2014-11: +47 / −3 2014-12: +53 / −6 2015-01: +41 / −5 2015-02: +42 / −7 2015-03: +39 / −5 2015-04: +72 / −27 2015-05: +49 / −8 2015-06: +31 / −9 2015-07: +39 / −7 2015-08: +20 / −6 2015-09: +26 / −3 2015-10: +18 / −6 2015-11: +37 / −18 2015-12: +21 / −3 2016-01: +40 / −4 2016-02: +43 / −8 2016-03: +43 / −9 2016-04: +82 / −9 2016-05: +46 / −2 2016-06: +44 / −9 2016-07: +61 / −2 2016-08: +44 / −9 2016-09: +38 / −7 2016-10: +81 / −14 2016-11: +168 / −9 2016-12: +45 / −9 2017-01: +66 / −9 2017-02: +46 / −3 2017-03: +39 / −5 2017-04: +46 / −4 2017-05: +66 / −7 2017-06: +57 / −11 2017-07: +73 / −5 2017-08: +72 / −7 2017-09: +98 / −8 2017-10: +59 / −8 2017-11: +160 / −8 2017-12: +71 / −8 2018-01: +93 / −9 2018-02: +79 / −5 2018-03: +96 / −5 2018-04: +87 / −12 2018-05: +197 / −23 2018-06: +185 / −22 2018-07: +214 / −29 2018-08: +173 / −11 2018-09: +156 / −17 2018-10: +129 / −12 2018-11: +636 / −14 2018-12: +1,029 / −119 2019-01: +760 / −100 2019-02: +435 / −82 2019-03: +792 / −105 2019-04: +405 / −32 2019-05: +338 / −30 2019-06: +1,060 / −75 2019-07: +1,814 / −131 2019-08: +497 / −78 2019-09: +272 / −21 2019-10: +561 / −22 2019-11: +3,850 / −58 2019-12: +2,122 / −56 2020-01: +1,602 / −60 2020-02: +1,384 / −44 2020-03: +1,410 / −57 2020-04: +910 / −33 2020-05: +1,110 / −73 2020-06: +739 / −34 2020-07: +1,223 / −53 2020-08: +858 / −32 2020-09: +518 / −23 2020-10: +608 / −24 2020-11: +1,475 / −58 2020-12: +936 / −36 2021-01: +1,008 / −25 2021-02: +943 / −21 2021-03: +774 / −26 2021-04: +573 / −28 2021-05: +991 / −47 2021-06: +939 / −46 2021-07: +864 / −46 2021-08: +620 / −26 2021-09: +529 / −19 2021-10: +689 / −29 2021-11: +889 / −20 2021-12: +911 / −42 2022-01: +1,178 / −51 2022-02: +808 / −27 2022-03: +547 / −27 2022-04: +557 / −22 2022-05: +933 / −82 2022-06: +767 / −52 2022-07: +786 / −53 2022-08: +579 / −22 2022-09: +599 / −23 2022-10: +1,088 / −76 2022-11: +1,113 / −53 2022-12: +788 / −44 2023-01: +1,196 / −66 2023-02: +1,629 / −101 2023-03: +1,043 / −66 2023-04: +735 / −36 2023-05: +911 / −51 2023-06: +1,108 / −69 2023-07: +1,193 / −46 2023-08: +1,227 / −61 2023-09: +1,001 / −64 2023-10: +714 / −35 2023-11: +1,312 / −51 2023-12: +955 / −56 2024-01: +854 / −57 2024-02: +872 / −41 2024-03: +856 / −52 2024-04: +1,470 / −128 2024-05: +791 / −40 2024-06: +863 / −42 2024-07: +961 / −57 2024-08: +996 / −46 2024-09: +904 / −43 2024-10: +738 / −30 2024-11: +1,313 / −42 2024-12: +1,123 / −42 2025-01: +1,081 / −63 2025-02: +821 / −37 2025-03: +939 / −47 2025-04: +735 / −32 2025-05: +1,569 / −109 2025-06: +1,099 / −60 2025-07: +1,275 / −73 2025-08: +1,090 / −55 2025-09: +1,036 / −57 2025-10: +1,160 / −57 2025-11: +1,064 / −59 2025-12: +1,049 / −39 2026-01: +1,241 / −73 2026-02: +787 / −36 2026-03: +1,068 / −61 2026-04: +918 / −40 2026-05: +1,026 / −65 2026-06: +1,121 / −77 2026-07: +1,068 / −67 2026-08: +871 / −37 2026-09: +766 / −52 2026-10: +239 / −14 2013/032014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 94.8% 2013-03: 96.9%2013-05: 96.8%2013-06: 100.0%2013-07: 96.2%2013-12: 92.0%2014-01: 92.5%2014-02: 95.0%2014-03: 87.8%2014-04: 91.7%2014-05: 83.1%2014-06: 89.0%2014-07: 75.0%2014-08: 87.9%2014-09: 89.7%2014-10: 92.5%2014-11: 94.0%2014-12: 89.8%2015-01: 89.1%2015-02: 85.7%2015-03: 88.6%2015-04: 72.7%2015-05: 86.0%2015-06: 77.5%2015-07: 84.8%2015-11: 67.3%2016-01: 90.9%2016-02: 84.3%2016-03: 82.7%2016-04: 90.1%2016-05: 95.8%2016-06: 83.0%2016-07: 96.8%2016-08: 83.0%2016-09: 84.4%2016-10: 85.3%2016-11: 94.9%2016-12: 83.3%2017-01: 88.0%2017-02: 93.9%2017-03: 88.6%2017-04: 92.0%2017-05: 90.4%2017-06: 83.8%2017-07: 93.6%2017-08: 91.1%2017-09: 92.5%2017-10: 88.1%2017-11: 95.2%2017-12: 89.9%2018-01: 91.2%2018-02: 94.0%2018-03: 95.0%2018-04: 87.9%2018-05: 89.5%2018-06: 89.4%2018-07: 88.1%2018-08: 94.0%2018-09: 90.2%2018-10: 91.5%2018-11: 97.8%2018-12: 89.6%2019-01: 88.4%2019-02: 84.1%2019-03: 88.3%2019-04: 92.7%2019-05: 91.8%2019-06: 93.4%2019-07: 93.3%2019-08: 86.4%2019-09: 92.8%2019-10: 96.2%2019-11: 98.5%2019-12: 97.4%2020-01: 96.4%2020-02: 96.9%2020-03: 96.1%2020-04: 96.5%2020-05: 93.8%2020-06: 95.6%2020-07: 95.8%2020-08: 96.4%2020-09: 95.7%2020-10: 96.2%2020-11: 96.2%2020-12: 96.3%2021-01: 97.6%2021-02: 97.8%2021-03: 96.8%2021-04: 95.3%2021-05: 95.5%2021-06: 95.3%2021-07: 94.9%2021-08: 96.0%2021-09: 96.5%2021-10: 96.0%2021-11: 97.8%2021-12: 95.6%2022-01: 95.9%2022-02: 96.8%2022-03: 95.3%2022-04: 96.2%2022-05: 91.9%2022-06: 93.7%2022-07: 93.7%2022-08: 96.3%2022-09: 96.3%2022-10: 93.5%2022-11: 95.5%2022-12: 94.7%2023-01: 94.8%2023-02: 94.2%2023-03: 94.0%2023-04: 95.3%2023-05: 94.7%2023-06: 94.1%2023-07: 96.3%2023-08: 95.3%2023-09: 94.0%2023-10: 95.3%2023-11: 96.3%2023-12: 94.5%2024-01: 93.7%2024-02: 95.5%2024-03: 94.3%2024-04: 92.0%2024-05: 95.2%2024-06: 95.4%2024-07: 94.4%2024-08: 95.6%2024-09: 95.5%2024-10: 96.1%2024-11: 96.9%2024-12: 96.4%2025-01: 94.5%2025-02: 95.7%2025-03: 95.2%2025-04: 95.8%2025-05: 93.5%2025-06: 94.8%2025-07: 94.6%2025-08: 95.2%2025-09: 94.8%2025-10: 95.3%2025-11: 94.7%2025-12: 96.4%2026-01: 94.4%2026-02: 95.6%2026-03: 94.6%2026-04: 95.8%2026-05: 94.0%2026-06: 93.6%2026-07: 94.1%2026-08: 95.9%2026-09: 93.6%2026-10: 94.5% 2013/032014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 10 20 30 40 2026-09-13: +29 / −2 2026-09-14: +17 / −3 2026-09-15: +14 / −1 2026-09-16: +20 / −1 2026-09-17: +17 / −1 2026-09-18: +25 / −1 2026-09-19: +20 / −2 2026-09-20: +23 / −0 2026-09-21: +28 / −2 2026-09-22: +17 / −1 2026-09-23: +19 / −0 2026-09-24: +20 / −1 2026-09-25: +30 / −2 2026-09-26: +27 / −0 2026-09-27: +27 / −1 2026-09-28: +20 / −1 2026-09-29: +18 / −2 2026-09-30: +9 / −3 2026-10-01: +14 / −1 2026-10-02: +17 / −1 2026-10-03: +24 / −1 2026-10-04: +23 / −1 2026-10-05: +21 / −0 2026-10-06: +18 / −2 2026-10-07: +26 / −5 2026-10-08: +19 / −3 2026-10-09: +24 / −0 2026-10-10: +25 / −0 2026-10-11: +22 / −0 2026-10-12: +6 / −0 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days95.7%810
Last 180 days95.1%6,825
All time95.6%117,315
Japanese, last 180 days86.8%53

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