Can you trust Grand Theft Auto V Legacy's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 85.8%
Overrated 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
The adjusted rating for Grand Theft Auto V Legacy is 85.8% (95% range 85.4–86.2%), in line with the official 87.7% on Steam. It is based on 800 positive and 800 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Overrated" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher, but the positive reviews carry low average trust).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 74.6% (4,059 reviews, 95% range 73.2–75.9%), 13.1 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 81.4%.
The main driver is that positive reviews include more very short reviews (69% of positive vs 42% of negative). As a result, positive reviews average 0.62 in trust against 0.73 for negative ones.
Across 139 months of history, Jun 2017 stands out: review volume and the negative share jumped together. Of 46,617 reviews that month, 74% were negative, and that single month holds 13% of all negative reviews. Excluding it, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 87.3% to 88.7%.
The last 180 days show 92.9%, 5.2 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 | 69% | 42% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 13% | 16% |
| Received for free | 3% | 3% |
| Owns very few games | 36% | 20% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 0% | 1% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.62 | 0.73 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 71.5 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 (2017-06). Detection rule
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 93.7% | 5,640 |
| Last 180 days | 92.9% | 39,614 |
| All time | 87.7% | 2,081,096 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 81.4% | 43 |
About this verdict
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