How do players who really played Eternal Return rate it? TrueGG Rating 74.7%
Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are falling.
Good for
- Players who want a good story and characters
Think twice if you are
- Players who want to play online (reports of few players or matchmaking issues)
- Players buying right now (recent ratings are falling)
A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How
vs Steam overall
Positive among players with 20+ hours (all time) · 42,369 reviews
- TrueGG, all time
- 74.7%
- Steam overall
- 76.8%
- Japanese, all time
- 74.9%
Early wall
Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 58.4%.
This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).
Does the rating change the longer people play?
Positive share by playtime at the time of review (all time). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.
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| Playtime | Positive | Japanese | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 h | 52.6% | 42.1% | 2,421 |
| 1–2 h | 65.6% | 40.0% | 1,942 |
| 2–5 h | 81.3% | 58.3% | 6,723 |
| 5–10 h | 85.2% | 69.8% | 7,403 |
| 10–20 h | 85.9% | 74.1% | 8,642 |
| 20–50 h | 85.9% | 74.2% | 11,214 |
| 50–100 h | 82.0% | 72.7% | 7,377 |
| 100–200 h | 77.6% | 71.0% | 6,386 |
| 200+ h | 63.3% | 76.7% | 17,392 |
How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 61% had 20+ hours and 34% had 100+ hours (all time).
Summary
Eternal Return has a TrueGG Rating of 74.7%, based on all-time reviews from players with 20+ hours (42,369 reviews) because recent reviews are few. Steam's overall rating is 76.8%.
Reviews written under 2 hours make up 6% of the total, with 58% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.
In the last 180 days, approval peaks at 86% around 10–20h and falls to 63% at 200h+: in the current version, long-time players are harsher.
Negative reviews most often mention バランス, player base and matchmaking, and servers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and the story.
Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 74.9%, similar to all languages.
Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (76.6% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.
All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.
Why it is rated this way
Complaints center on live operations and online play (Balance, Player base & matchmaking, Servers & connection). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).
− Most mentioned complaints
- Balance12% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch · 9 positive reviews say it improved
- Player base & matchmaking11% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 7 positive reviews say it improved
- Servers & connection9% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch
- Boring / repetitive7% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
+ What players praise
- Fun & feel32% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
- Story27% of positive reviews (18% of negative)
Counted from 460 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count
Checking the numbers
Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.
| Metric | Positive | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Official Steam rating | 76.8% | All time, all languages · 69,257 reviews |
| Adjusted rating | 76.6% | Weighted by trust (95% range 75.9%–77.2%), −0.2pt vs official |
| Japanese-language reviews | 71.6% | All time, Japanese-language reviews (−5.2pt vs overall) · 564 reviews |
Show the 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% | 12% |
| Very short text | 39% | 24% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 0% | 0% |
| Received for free | 0% | 0% |
| Owns very few games | 20% | 22% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 3% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.79 | 0.80 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 320.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19
When did the rating change?
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Reviews per month
Positive share per month
Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2026-05).Detection rule
Reviews per day, last 30 days
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| Month | Positive | Negative | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10 | 1,840 | 365 | 83.4% |
| 2020-11 | 5,305 | 680 | 88.6% |
| 2020-12 | 6,304 | 933 | 87.1% |
| 2021-01 | 4,143 | 701 | 85.5% |
| 2021-02 | 2,606 | 556 | 82.4% |
| 2021-03 | 2,136 | 596 | 78.2% |
| 2021-04 | 1,431 | 393 | 78.5% |
| 2021-05 | 1,324 | 420 | 75.9% |
| 2021-06 | 948 | 358 | 72.6% |
| 2021-07 | 1,040 | 326 | 76.1% |
| 2021-08 | 1,183 | 366 | 76.4% |
| 2021-09 | 864 | 266 | 76.5% |
| 2021-10 | 716 | 289 | 71.2% |
| 2021-11 | 1,027 | 312 | 76.7% |
| 2021-12 | 607 | 258 | 70.2% |
| 2022-01 | 603 | 383 | 61.2% |
| 2022-02 | 557 | 296 | 65.3% |
| 2022-03 | 474 | 188 | 71.6% |
| 2022-04 | 395 | 187 | 67.9% |
| 2022-05 | 539 | 240 | 69.2% |
| 2022-06 | 519 | 277 | 65.2% |
| 2022-07 | 406 | 305 | 57.1% |
| 2022-08 | 336 | 227 | 59.7% |
| 2022-09 | 361 | 231 | 61.0% |
| 2022-10 | 212 | 167 | 55.9% |
| 2022-11 | 251 | 159 | 61.2% |
| 2022-12 | 298 | 168 | 63.9% |
| 2023-01 | 248 | 160 | 60.8% |
| 2023-02 | 195 | 132 | 59.6% |
| 2023-03 | 197 | 104 | 65.4% |
| 2023-04 | 225 | 99 | 69.4% |
| 2023-05 | 249 | 92 | 73.0% |
| 2023-06 | 241 | 135 | 64.1% |
| 2023-07 | 1,075 | 647 | 62.4% |
| 2023-08 | 1,319 | 452 | 74.5% |
| 2023-09 | 1,014 | 327 | 75.6% |
| 2023-10 | 936 | 263 | 78.1% |
| 2023-11 | 1,464 | 330 | 81.6% |
| 2023-12 | 474 | 222 | 68.1% |
| 2024-01 | 408 | 198 | 67.3% |
| 2024-02 | 484 | 199 | 70.9% |
| 2024-03 | 548 | 184 | 74.9% |
| 2024-04 | 388 | 124 | 75.8% |
| 2024-05 | 525 | 169 | 75.6% |
| 2024-06 | 636 | 206 | 75.5% |
| 2024-07 | 668 | 181 | 78.7% |
| 2024-08 | 771 | 191 | 80.1% |
| 2024-09 | 884 | 252 | 77.8% |
| 2024-10 | 688 | 191 | 78.3% |
| 2024-11 | 1,507 | 166 | 90.1% |
| 2024-12 | 686 | 190 | 78.3% |
| 2025-01 | 1,511 | 375 | 80.1% |
| 2025-02 | 476 | 147 | 76.4% |
| 2025-03 | 482 | 168 | 74.2% |
| 2025-04 | 373 | 191 | 66.1% |
| 2025-05 | 357 | 149 | 70.6% |
| 2025-06 | 442 | 163 | 73.1% |
| 2025-07 | 521 | 1,231 | 29.7% |
| 2025-08 | 406 | 1,102 | 26.9% |
| 2025-09 | 235 | 271 | 46.4% |
| 2025-10 | 393 | 219 | 64.2% |
| 2025-11 | 491 | 124 | 79.8% |
| 2025-12 | 374 | 199 | 65.3% |
| 2026-01 | 434 | 173 | 71.5% |
| 2026-02 | 394 | 183 | 68.3% |
| 2026-03 | 369 | 181 | 67.1% |
| 2026-04 | 296 | 151 | 66.2% |
| 2026-05 | 571 | 2,322 | 19.7% |
| 2026-06 | 251 | 208 | 54.7% |
| 2026-07 | 262 | 172 | 60.4% |
| 2026-08 | 381 | 270 | 58.5% |
| 2026-09 | 294 | 134 | 68.7% |
| 2026-10 | 186 | 72 | 72.1% |
Show daily data as a table
| Day | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 11 | 7 |
| 2026-09-20 | 14 | 6 |
| 2026-09-21 | 8 | 2 |
| 2026-09-22 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026-09-23 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026-09-24 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026-09-25 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026-09-26 | 13 | 4 |
| 2026-09-27 | 11 | 4 |
| 2026-09-28 | 13 | 4 |
| 2026-09-29 | 9 | 3 |
| 2026-09-30 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026-10-01 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026-10-02 | 15 | 1 |
| 2026-10-03 | 11 | 2 |
| 2026-10-04 | 13 | 3 |
| 2026-10-05 | 14 | 2 |
| 2026-10-06 | 15 | 3 |
| 2026-10-07 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-10-08 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026-10-09 | 12 | 4 |
| 2026-10-10 | 15 | 4 |
| 2026-10-11 | 13 | 2 |
| 2026-10-12 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026-10-14 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026-10-15 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-10-16 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-10-17 | 11 | 7 |
| 2026-10-18 | 14 | 7 |
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 180 days | 70.6% | 228 |
| All time | 76.8% | 69,257 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 50.0% | 6 |
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