Can you trust Path of Exile 2's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 72.8%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
The adjusted rating for Path of Exile 2 is 72.8% (95% range 72.0–73.5%), in line with the official 75.1% on Steam. It is based on 400 positive and 400 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 49.9% (1,615 reviews, 95% range 47.4–52.3%), 25.2 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 50.3%.
The main driver is that positive reviews include more very short reviews (41% of positive vs 14% of negative). As a result, positive reviews average 0.75 in trust against 0.84 for negative ones.
Across 23 months of history, Apr 2025 stands out: review volume and the negative share jumped together. Of 17,602 reviews that month, 67% were negative, and that single month holds 25% of all negative reviews. Excluding it, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 72.8% to 77.3%.
The last 180 days show 76.8% (last 30 days: 77.4%), close to the all-time figure.
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% | 6% |
| Very short text | 41% | 14% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 26% | 24% |
| Received for free | 3% | 4% |
| Owns very few games | 15% | 10% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 2% | 3% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.75 | 0.84 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 161.2 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 (2025-04). Detection rule
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 77.4% | 1,518 |
| Last 180 days | 76.8% | 21,985 |
| All time | 75.1% | 227,244 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 50.3% | 181 |
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