Can you trust Dead by Daylight's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 76.7%
Genuinely great 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Dead by Daylight holds an official Steam rating of 78.3%. After weighting 800 positive and 800 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 76.7% (95% range 76.1–77.1%), 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).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 55.2% (7,438 reviews, 95% range 54.1–56.3%), 23.1 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 49.0%.
Positive reviews contain more very short reviews (46% vs 29% of negative reviews). Average trust is 0.70 on the positive side and 0.77 on the negative side, which pulls the adjusted rating down.
Across 125 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 75.3% (last 30 days: 73.7%), 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 | 1% | 6% |
| Very short text | 46% | 29% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 23% | 27% |
| Received for free | 2% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 30% | 17% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 0% | 1% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.70 | 0.77 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 110 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 73.7% | 6,726 |
| Last 180 days | 75.3% | 56,676 |
| All time | 78.3% | 939,334 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 49.0% | 343 |
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