Can you trust Terraria's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 97.2%

Release date: 2011年5月16日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
97.4%
1,561,895 reviews
Adjusted rating
97.2%
95% range 97.1%–97.3%
vs official −0.2pt
Japanese-language reviews
93.9%
4,575 reviews
vs overall −3.5pt

Overrated 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

Terraria holds an official Steam rating of 97.4%. After weighting 800 positive and 800 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 97.2% (95% range 97.1–97.3%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Overrated" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher, but the positive reviews carry low average trust).

Average trust is 0.67 for positive and 0.71 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 55% of all reviews.

The monthly history (186 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 95.8% (last 30 days: 95.8%), close to the all-time figure.

Japanese-language reviews (4,575) show 93.9%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 92.0%.

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 review2%14%
Very short text56%39%
Key activated outside Steam17%25%
Received for free1%2%
Owns very few games32%13%
Over 100 reviews written0%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.670.71

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 45.5 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 2011-05: +420 / −2 2011-06: +406 / −2 2011-07: +1,077 / −6 2011-08: +425 / −2 2011-09: +175 / −2 2011-10: +157 / −1 2011-11: +169 / −1 2011-12: +1,794 / −7 2012-01: +483 / −2 2012-02: +199 / −3 2012-03: +180 / −1 2012-04: +174 / −1 2012-05: +136 / −1 2012-06: +135 / −0 2012-07: +920 / −2 2012-08: +289 / −2 2012-09: +225 / −2 2012-10: +201 / −2 2012-11: +221 / −1 2012-12: +300 / −3 2013-01: +319 / −4 2013-02: +204 / −1 2013-03: +326 / −3 2013-04: +312 / −4 2013-05: +382 / −7 2013-06: +339 / −1 2013-07: +567 / −2 2013-08: +265 / −2 2013-09: +222 / −1 2013-10: +1,125 / −8 2013-11: +1,810 / −32 2013-12: +4,124 / −89 2014-01: +2,330 / −61 2014-02: +1,353 / −37 2014-03: +1,112 / −32 2014-04: +935 / −29 2014-05: +1,470 / −39 2014-06: +4,548 / −95 2014-07: +1,931 / −48 2014-08: +1,180 / −31 2014-09: +1,716 / −43 2014-10: +1,180 / −31 2014-11: +1,803 / −57 2014-12: +3,160 / −99 2015-01: +1,907 / −55 2015-02: +1,381 / −45 2015-03: +1,186 / −43 2015-04: +1,216 / −39 2015-05: +1,342 / −45 2015-06: +3,525 / −109 2015-07: +5,386 / −154 2015-08: +2,709 / −70 2015-09: +1,809 / −59 2015-10: +1,908 / −49 2015-11: +2,172 / −45 2015-12: +3,624 / −127 2016-01: +3,245 / −93 2016-02: +2,192 / −57 2016-03: +2,035 / −62 2016-04: +1,771 / −45 2016-05: +1,992 / −63 2016-06: +2,638 / −80 2016-07: +2,685 / −83 2016-08: +1,824 / −66 2016-09: +1,446 / −50 2016-10: +1,368 / −43 2016-11: +12,058 / −99 2016-12: +3,161 / −87 2017-01: +2,826 / −96 2017-02: +2,394 / −81 2017-03: +1,856 / −64 2017-04: +2,605 / −73 2017-05: +2,117 / −77 2017-06: +3,121 / −104 2017-07: +3,395 / −102 2017-08: +2,259 / −69 2017-09: +1,907 / −60 2017-10: +2,182 / −63 2017-11: +8,685 / −117 2017-12: +3,064 / −124 2018-01: +2,867 / −110 2018-02: +2,176 / −62 2018-03: +2,028 / −82 2018-04: +1,773 / −69 2018-05: +2,125 / −68 2018-06: +2,347 / −93 2018-07: +2,564 / −111 2018-08: +1,931 / −79 2018-09: +1,374 / −64 2018-10: +1,549 / −63 2018-11: +8,167 / −96 2018-12: +2,281 / −96 2019-01: +3,230 / −144 2019-02: +2,138 / −89 2019-03: +1,833 / −64 2019-04: +1,999 / −85 2019-05: +1,957 / −67 2019-06: +10,551 / −133 2019-07: +13,342 / −175 2019-08: +1,832 / −69 2019-09: +1,422 / −53 2019-10: +3,733 / −71 2019-11: +29,149 / −226 2019-12: +31,689 / −347 2020-01: +17,751 / −267 2020-02: +13,045 / −205 2020-03: +15,327 / −210 2020-04: +21,768 / −310 2020-05: +44,779 / −910 2020-06: +21,558 / −387 2020-07: +16,894 / −357 2020-08: +11,659 / −222 2020-09: +9,336 / −186 2020-10: +12,100 / −244 2020-11: +23,693 / −299 2020-12: +16,410 / −324 2021-01: +16,860 / −354 2021-02: +16,676 / −324 2021-03: +14,738 / −336 2021-04: +13,675 / −255 2021-05: +16,936 / −431 2021-06: +14,225 / −386 2021-07: +14,735 / −414 2021-08: +13,492 / −309 2021-09: +11,066 / −279 2021-10: +13,196 / −321 2021-11: +32,107 / −565 2021-12: +17,491 / −435 2022-01: +17,513 / −532 2022-02: +13,402 / −389 2022-03: +11,679 / −377 2022-04: +10,113 / −329 2022-05: +10,505 / −346 2022-06: +12,253 / −394 2022-07: +13,816 / −447 2022-08: +11,441 / −358 2022-09: +10,497 / −305 2022-10: +17,480 / −498 2022-11: +13,280 / −415 2022-12: +14,284 / −427 2023-01: +15,196 / −572 2023-02: +10,362 / −388 2023-03: +12,203 / −457 2023-04: +11,248 / −427 2023-05: +10,147 / −380 2023-06: +11,633 / −430 2023-07: +18,057 / −675 2023-08: +12,820 / −528 2023-09: +11,661 / −397 2023-10: +11,608 / −420 2023-11: +10,865 / −371 2023-12: +11,413 / −410 2024-01: +12,296 / −480 2024-02: +9,047 / −310 2024-03: +10,239 / −403 2024-04: +9,882 / −411 2024-05: +8,997 / −356 2024-06: +10,793 / −408 2024-07: +12,370 / −506 2024-08: +9,871 / −847 2024-09: +7,557 / −322 2024-10: +7,243 / −281 2024-11: +7,698 / −329 2024-12: +10,924 / −395 2025-01: +10,255 / −430 2025-02: +8,069 / −312 2025-03: +10,177 / −417 2025-04: +8,113 / −325 2025-05: +7,606 / −306 2025-06: +8,244 / −365 2025-07: +10,362 / −462 2025-08: +7,629 / −337 2025-09: +5,660 / −301 2025-10: +7,502 / −345 2025-11: +6,899 / −277 2025-12: +8,982 / −364 2026-01: +16,484 / −694 2026-02: +16,060 / −715 2026-03: +9,897 / −421 2026-04: +6,747 / −315 2026-05: +6,673 / −319 2026-06: +7,109 / −290 2026-07: +8,957 / −369 2026-08: +8,750 / −375 2026-09: +7,648 / −320 2026-10: +3,199 / −130 2011/052012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 97.2% 2011-05: 99.5%2011-06: 99.5%2011-07: 99.4%2011-08: 99.5%2011-09: 98.9%2011-10: 99.4%2011-11: 99.4%2011-12: 99.6%2012-01: 99.6%2012-02: 98.5%2012-03: 99.4%2012-04: 99.4%2012-05: 99.3%2012-06: 100.0%2012-07: 99.8%2012-08: 99.3%2012-09: 99.1%2012-10: 99.0%2012-11: 99.5%2012-12: 99.0%2013-01: 98.8%2013-02: 99.5%2013-03: 99.1%2013-04: 98.7%2013-05: 98.2%2013-06: 99.7%2013-07: 99.6%2013-08: 99.3%2013-09: 99.6%2013-10: 99.3%2013-11: 98.3%2013-12: 97.9%2014-01: 97.4%2014-02: 97.3%2014-03: 97.2%2014-04: 97.0%2014-05: 97.4%2014-06: 98.0%2014-07: 97.6%2014-08: 97.4%2014-09: 97.6%2014-10: 97.4%2014-11: 96.9%2014-12: 97.0%2015-01: 97.2%2015-02: 96.8%2015-03: 96.5%2015-04: 96.9%2015-05: 96.8%2015-06: 97.0%2015-07: 97.2%2015-08: 97.5%2015-09: 96.8%2015-10: 97.5%2015-11: 98.0%2015-12: 96.6%2016-01: 97.2%2016-02: 97.5%2016-03: 97.0%2016-04: 97.5%2016-05: 96.9%2016-06: 97.1%2016-07: 97.0%2016-08: 96.5%2016-09: 96.7%2016-10: 97.0%2016-11: 99.2%2016-12: 97.3%2017-01: 96.7%2017-02: 96.7%2017-03: 96.7%2017-04: 97.3%2017-05: 96.5%2017-06: 96.8%2017-07: 97.1%2017-08: 97.0%2017-09: 96.9%2017-10: 97.2%2017-11: 98.7%2017-12: 96.1%2018-01: 96.3%2018-02: 97.2%2018-03: 96.1%2018-04: 96.3%2018-05: 96.9%2018-06: 96.2%2018-07: 95.9%2018-08: 96.1%2018-09: 95.5%2018-10: 96.1%2018-11: 98.8%2018-12: 96.0%2019-01: 95.7%2019-02: 96.0%2019-03: 96.6%2019-04: 95.9%2019-05: 96.7%2019-06: 98.8%2019-07: 98.7%2019-08: 96.4%2019-09: 96.4%2019-10: 98.1%2019-11: 99.2%2019-12: 98.9%2020-01: 98.5%2020-02: 98.5%2020-03: 98.6%2020-04: 98.6%2020-05: 98.0%2020-06: 98.2%2020-07: 97.9%2020-08: 98.1%2020-09: 98.0%2020-10: 98.0%2020-11: 98.8%2020-12: 98.1%2021-01: 97.9%2021-02: 98.1%2021-03: 97.8%2021-04: 98.2%2021-05: 97.5%2021-06: 97.4%2021-07: 97.3%2021-08: 97.8%2021-09: 97.5%2021-10: 97.6%2021-11: 98.3%2021-12: 97.6%2022-01: 97.1%2022-02: 97.2%2022-03: 96.9%2022-04: 96.8%2022-05: 96.8%2022-06: 96.9%2022-07: 96.9%2022-08: 97.0%2022-09: 97.2%2022-10: 97.2%2022-11: 97.0%2022-12: 97.1%2023-01: 96.4%2023-02: 96.4%2023-03: 96.4%2023-04: 96.3%2023-05: 96.4%2023-06: 96.4%2023-07: 96.4%2023-08: 96.0%2023-09: 96.7%2023-10: 96.5%2023-11: 96.7%2023-12: 96.5%2024-01: 96.2%2024-02: 96.7%2024-03: 96.2%2024-04: 96.0%2024-05: 96.2%2024-06: 96.4%2024-07: 96.1%2024-08: 92.1%2024-09: 95.9%2024-10: 96.3%2024-11: 95.9%2024-12: 96.5%2025-01: 96.0%2025-02: 96.3%2025-03: 96.1%2025-04: 96.1%2025-05: 96.1%2025-06: 95.8%2025-07: 95.7%2025-08: 95.8%2025-09: 95.0%2025-10: 95.6%2025-11: 96.1%2025-12: 96.1%2026-01: 96.0%2026-02: 95.7%2026-03: 95.9%2026-04: 95.5%2026-05: 95.4%2026-06: 96.1%2026-07: 96.0%2026-08: 95.9%2026-09: 96.0%2026-10: 96.1% 2011/052012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 100 200 300 400 2026-09-13: +318 / −11 2026-09-14: +257 / −10 2026-09-15: +205 / −8 2026-09-16: +197 / −13 2026-09-17: +216 / −5 2026-09-18: +239 / −7 2026-09-19: +279 / −14 2026-09-20: +264 / −7 2026-09-21: +188 / −6 2026-09-22: +173 / −11 2026-09-23: +178 / −8 2026-09-24: +177 / −8 2026-09-25: +213 / −9 2026-09-26: +280 / −14 2026-09-27: +270 / −6 2026-09-28: +179 / −8 2026-09-29: +179 / −7 2026-09-30: +176 / −11 2026-10-01: +220 / −9 2026-10-02: +272 / −14 2026-10-03: +332 / −15 2026-10-04: +328 / −12 2026-10-05: +282 / −14 2026-10-06: +284 / −9 2026-10-07: +221 / −13 2026-10-08: +264 / −8 2026-10-09: +251 / −7 2026-10-10: +344 / −9 2026-10-11: +338 / −14 2026-10-12: +63 / −6 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days95.8%9,469
Last 180 days95.8%58,061
All time97.4%1,561,895
Japanese, last 180 days92.0%149

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