Can you trust Satisfactory's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 97.1%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Satisfactory holds an official Steam rating of 97.3%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 97.1% (95% range 97.1–97.2%), 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 0.79 in trust and negative ones 0.83; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (36% overall).
The monthly history (77 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.
The last 180 days show 96.7% (last 30 days: 95.9%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews (1,593) show 94.4%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 93.2%.
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% | 10% |
| Very short text | 37% | 16% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 19% | 23% |
| Received for free | 1% | 2% |
| Owns very few games | 10% | 5% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 2% | 3% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.79 | 0.83 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 63.1 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 95.9% | 1,883 |
| Last 180 days | 96.7% | 15,335 |
| All time | 97.3% | 280,947 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 93.2% | 59 |
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