Can you trust Team Fortress 2's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 90.6%

Release date: 2007年10月10日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
91.1%
1,254,064 reviews
Adjusted rating
90.6%
95% range 90.2%–91.0%
vs official −0.5pt
Japanese-language reviews
88.6%
1,908 reviews
vs overall −2.4pt

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

Summary

Team Fortress 2 holds an official Steam rating of 91.1%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 90.6% (95% range 90.2–91.0%), 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).

Average trust is 0.70 for positive and 0.74 for negative reviews, but the gap is too small to move the official rating much. The most common discount factor is very short reviews, at 52% of all reviews.

Across 193 months of history, Jun 2024 stands out: review volume and the negative share jumped together. Of 52,529 reviews that month, 88% were negative, and that single month holds 35% of all negative reviews. Excluding it, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 90.5% to 93.6%.

The last 180 days show 93.8% (last 30 days: 93.1%), close to the all-time figure.

Japanese-language reviews (1,908) show 88.6%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 90.0%.

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 review6%20%
Very short text53%39%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games30%13%
Over 100 reviews written0%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.700.74

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 48.2 hours.

Rating history

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

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 20k 40k 60k 2010-10: +52 / −1 2010-11: +688 / −22 2010-12: +1,312 / −47 2011-01: +375 / −12 2011-02: +249 / −14 2011-03: +241 / −11 2011-04: +274 / −16 2011-05: +255 / −9 2011-06: +1,031 / −51 2011-07: +4,077 / −105 2011-08: +956 / −30 2011-09: +795 / −21 2011-10: +755 / −34 2011-11: +610 / −26 2011-12: +2,626 / −90 2012-01: +927 / −31 2012-02: +674 / −38 2012-03: +617 / −25 2012-04: +620 / −31 2012-05: +627 / −16 2012-06: +724 / −28 2012-07: +3,148 / −105 2012-08: +1,757 / −64 2012-09: +1,518 / −48 2012-10: +1,318 / −35 2012-11: +1,201 / −40 2012-12: +1,525 / −49 2013-01: +1,334 / −53 2013-02: +1,305 / −41 2013-03: +1,582 / −59 2013-04: +1,452 / −77 2013-05: +1,922 / −74 2013-06: +1,920 / −71 2013-07: +1,392 / −51 2013-08: +1,087 / −47 2013-09: +1,102 / −46 2013-10: +1,201 / −59 2013-11: +3,582 / −129 2013-12: +16,460 / −409 2014-01: +11,642 / −307 2014-02: +9,790 / −314 2014-03: +8,592 / −265 2014-04: +7,744 / −250 2014-05: +7,942 / −299 2014-06: +16,606 / −519 2014-07: +10,861 / −377 2014-08: +9,891 / −349 2014-09: +9,842 / −395 2014-10: +9,714 / −417 2014-11: +9,833 / −480 2014-12: +9,681 / −539 2015-01: +7,417 / −440 2015-02: +5,922 / −344 2015-03: +5,912 / −348 2015-04: +5,937 / −321 2015-05: +5,920 / −373 2015-06: +7,546 / −479 2015-07: +7,172 / −694 2015-08: +6,250 / −410 2015-09: +5,200 / −320 2015-10: +6,009 / −379 2015-11: +6,723 / −477 2015-12: +10,129 / −766 2016-01: +7,900 / −590 2016-02: +6,398 / −464 2016-03: +6,816 / −490 2016-04: +5,557 / −385 2016-05: +5,584 / −398 2016-06: +7,379 / −536 2016-07: +7,393 / −1,878 2016-08: +5,292 / −837 2016-09: +4,089 / −403 2016-10: +4,343 / −475 2016-11: +14,466 / −826 2016-12: +6,806 / −492 2017-01: +6,186 / −587 2017-02: +5,188 / −481 2017-03: +5,086 / −437 2017-04: +5,117 / −401 2017-05: +5,103 / −419 2017-06: +6,758 / −535 2017-07: +8,361 / −593 2017-08: +5,086 / −487 2017-09: +4,246 / −380 2017-10: +5,964 / −707 2017-11: +11,833 / −705 2017-12: +6,391 / −510 2018-01: +4,945 / −522 2018-02: +4,479 / −409 2018-03: +4,208 / −421 2018-04: +3,587 / −358 2018-05: +3,698 / −310 2018-06: +3,950 / −354 2018-07: +3,936 / −350 2018-08: +3,628 / −316 2018-09: +2,989 / −275 2018-10: +3,103 / −267 2018-11: +9,388 / −462 2018-12: +4,076 / −366 2019-01: +3,617 / −338 2019-02: +2,985 / −307 2019-03: +2,672 / −225 2019-04: +2,673 / −240 2019-05: +2,740 / −232 2019-06: +13,888 / −1,010 2019-07: +14,206 / −868 2019-08: +2,759 / −282 2019-09: +2,260 / −207 2019-10: +5,267 / −284 2019-11: +18,939 / −584 2019-12: +12,301 / −582 2020-01: +9,421 / −525 2020-02: +7,584 / −462 2020-03: +9,813 / −535 2020-04: +12,440 / −754 2020-05: +11,792 / −709 2020-06: +10,259 / −813 2020-07: +10,372 / −725 2020-08: +11,278 / −796 2020-09: +10,150 / −671 2020-10: +10,629 / −604 2020-11: +12,624 / −651 2020-12: +11,450 / −669 2021-01: +11,503 / −812 2021-02: +9,190 / −782 2021-03: +9,415 / −794 2021-04: +8,282 / −884 2021-05: +8,301 / −1,056 2021-06: +8,417 / −903 2021-07: +9,250 / −907 2021-08: +8,752 / −859 2021-09: +7,696 / −737 2021-10: +8,316 / −667 2021-11: +10,905 / −644 2021-12: +8,010 / −597 2022-01: +7,918 / −802 2022-02: +6,790 / −722 2022-03: +7,004 / −698 2022-04: +6,124 / −668 2022-05: +6,710 / −830 2022-06: +7,575 / −822 2022-07: +8,570 / −660 2022-08: +8,254 / −618 2022-09: +7,784 / −549 2022-10: +7,551 / −497 2022-11: +16,574 / −486 2022-12: +7,780 / −467 2023-01: +7,522 / −587 2023-02: +6,198 / −563 2023-03: +6,928 / −548 2023-04: +7,544 / −530 2023-05: +7,385 / −530 2023-06: +7,483 / −492 2023-07: +11,016 / −815 2023-08: +12,289 / −900 2023-09: +9,509 / −611 2023-10: +9,070 / −558 2023-11: +12,149 / −618 2023-12: +7,990 / −546 2024-01: +7,947 / −782 2024-02: +7,377 / −615 2024-03: +6,698 / −624 2024-04: +5,791 / −607 2024-05: +5,866 / −1,774 2024-06: +6,433 / −46,096 2024-07: +9,153 / −1,199 2024-08: +7,490 / −498 2024-09: +5,644 / −380 2024-10: +5,766 / −352 2024-11: +8,964 / −410 2024-12: +9,691 / −410 2025-01: +7,386 / −453 2025-02: +7,205 / −485 2025-03: +7,296 / −428 2025-04: +5,498 / −325 2025-05: +8,613 / −351 2025-06: +7,600 / −412 2025-07: +7,818 / −450 2025-08: +7,506 / −427 2025-09: +6,783 / −344 2025-10: +6,763 / −442 2025-11: +13,910 / −407 2025-12: +7,154 / −380 2026-01: +6,917 / −431 2026-02: +6,768 / −369 2026-03: +7,273 / −423 2026-04: +7,092 / −407 2026-05: +6,688 / −499 2026-06: +7,102 / −421 2026-07: +7,050 / −492 2026-08: +6,314 / −518 2026-09: +4,893 / −402 2026-10: +2,069 / −147 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 90.5% 2010-10: 98.1%2010-11: 96.9%2010-12: 96.5%2011-01: 96.9%2011-02: 94.7%2011-03: 95.6%2011-04: 94.5%2011-05: 96.6%2011-06: 95.3%2011-07: 97.5%2011-08: 97.0%2011-09: 97.4%2011-10: 95.7%2011-11: 95.9%2011-12: 96.7%2012-01: 96.8%2012-02: 94.7%2012-03: 96.1%2012-04: 95.2%2012-05: 97.5%2012-06: 96.3%2012-07: 96.8%2012-08: 96.5%2012-09: 96.9%2012-10: 97.4%2012-11: 96.8%2012-12: 96.9%2013-01: 96.2%2013-02: 97.0%2013-03: 96.4%2013-04: 95.0%2013-05: 96.3%2013-06: 96.4%2013-07: 96.5%2013-08: 95.9%2013-09: 96.0%2013-10: 95.3%2013-11: 96.5%2013-12: 97.6%2014-01: 97.4%2014-02: 96.9%2014-03: 97.0%2014-04: 96.9%2014-05: 96.4%2014-06: 97.0%2014-07: 96.6%2014-08: 96.6%2014-09: 96.1%2014-10: 95.9%2014-11: 95.3%2014-12: 94.7%2015-01: 94.4%2015-02: 94.5%2015-03: 94.4%2015-04: 94.9%2015-05: 94.1%2015-06: 94.0%2015-07: 91.2%2015-08: 93.8%2015-09: 94.2%2015-10: 94.1%2015-11: 93.4%2015-12: 93.0%2016-01: 93.1%2016-02: 93.2%2016-03: 93.3%2016-04: 93.5%2016-05: 93.3%2016-06: 93.2%2016-07: 79.7%2016-08: 86.3%2016-09: 91.0%2016-10: 90.1%2016-11: 94.6%2016-12: 93.3%2017-01: 91.3%2017-02: 91.5%2017-03: 92.1%2017-04: 92.7%2017-05: 92.4%2017-06: 92.7%2017-07: 93.4%2017-08: 91.3%2017-09: 91.8%2017-10: 89.4%2017-11: 94.4%2017-12: 92.6%2018-01: 90.5%2018-02: 91.6%2018-03: 90.9%2018-04: 90.9%2018-05: 92.3%2018-06: 91.8%2018-07: 91.8%2018-08: 92.0%2018-09: 91.6%2018-10: 92.1%2018-11: 95.3%2018-12: 91.8%2019-01: 91.5%2019-02: 90.7%2019-03: 92.2%2019-04: 91.8%2019-05: 92.2%2019-06: 93.2%2019-07: 94.2%2019-08: 90.7%2019-09: 91.6%2019-10: 94.9%2019-11: 97.0%2019-12: 95.5%2020-01: 94.7%2020-02: 94.3%2020-03: 94.8%2020-04: 94.3%2020-05: 94.3%2020-06: 92.7%2020-07: 93.5%2020-08: 93.4%2020-09: 93.8%2020-10: 94.6%2020-11: 95.1%2020-12: 94.5%2021-01: 93.4%2021-02: 92.2%2021-03: 92.2%2021-04: 90.4%2021-05: 88.7%2021-06: 90.3%2021-07: 91.1%2021-08: 91.1%2021-09: 91.3%2021-10: 92.6%2021-11: 94.4%2021-12: 93.1%2022-01: 90.8%2022-02: 90.4%2022-03: 90.9%2022-04: 90.2%2022-05: 89.0%2022-06: 90.2%2022-07: 92.8%2022-08: 93.0%2022-09: 93.4%2022-10: 93.8%2022-11: 97.2%2022-12: 94.3%2023-01: 92.8%2023-02: 91.7%2023-03: 92.7%2023-04: 93.4%2023-05: 93.3%2023-06: 93.8%2023-07: 93.1%2023-08: 93.2%2023-09: 94.0%2023-10: 94.2%2023-11: 95.2%2023-12: 93.6%2024-01: 91.0%2024-02: 92.3%2024-03: 91.5%2024-04: 90.5%2024-05: 76.8%2024-06: 12.2%2024-07: 88.4%2024-08: 93.8%2024-09: 93.7%2024-10: 94.2%2024-11: 95.6%2024-12: 95.9%2025-01: 94.2%2025-02: 93.7%2025-03: 94.5%2025-04: 94.4%2025-05: 96.1%2025-06: 94.9%2025-07: 94.6%2025-08: 94.6%2025-09: 95.2%2025-10: 93.9%2025-11: 97.2%2025-12: 95.0%2026-01: 94.1%2026-02: 94.8%2026-03: 94.5%2026-04: 94.6%2026-05: 93.1%2026-06: 94.4%2026-07: 93.5%2026-08: 92.4%2026-09: 92.4%2026-10: 93.4% 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2024-06). Detection rule

Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 100 200 300 2026-09-13: +203 / −11 2026-09-14: +143 / −7 2026-09-15: +135 / −14 2026-09-16: +155 / −9 2026-09-17: +129 / −17 2026-09-18: +153 / −18 2026-09-19: +194 / −16 2026-09-20: +207 / −21 2026-09-21: +124 / −13 2026-09-22: +128 / −9 2026-09-23: +153 / −10 2026-09-24: +134 / −18 2026-09-25: +163 / −10 2026-09-26: +189 / −19 2026-09-27: +191 / −12 2026-09-28: +144 / −8 2026-09-29: +137 / −7 2026-09-30: +127 / −7 2026-10-01: +173 / −11 2026-10-02: +222 / −15 2026-10-03: +248 / −14 2026-10-04: +224 / −11 2026-10-05: +174 / −12 2026-10-06: +164 / −10 2026-10-07: +152 / −17 2026-10-08: +145 / −10 2026-10-09: +142 / −12 2026-10-10: +191 / −12 2026-10-11: +182 / −19 2026-10-12: +52 / −4 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days93.1%5,330
Last 180 days93.8%39,466
All time91.1%1,254,064
Japanese, last 180 days90.0%30

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