Loop Hero
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How do players who really played Loop Hero rate it? TrueGG Rating 89.7%

Release date: Mar 4, 2021 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it lower than Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours. Recent reviews are falling.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding
  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who want a brisk pace

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
89.7%
▼ −3.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 425 reviews

TrueGG, all time
94.1%
Steam overall
92.7%
Japanese, all time
85.7%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.1% of all reviews. Their positive share is 80.6%.

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).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h64%141–2 h77%132–5 h87%635–10 h78%9710–20 h77%9020–50 h92%21050–100 h95%91100–200 h93%27200+ h100%7Positive share by playtime0–1 h1464%1–2 h1377%2–5 h6387%5–10 h9778%10–20 h9077%20–50 h21092%50–100 h9195%100–200 h2793%200+ h7100%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h64.3%—14
1–2 h76.9%—13
2–5 h87.3%100.0%63
5–10 h78.4%100.0%97
10–20 h76.7%50.0%90
20–50 h92.4%100.0%210
50–100 h94.5%—91
100–200 h92.6%—27
200+ h100.0%—7

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 40% had 20+ hours and 3% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Loop Hero has a TrueGG Rating of 89.7%: the positive share among 425 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 92.7%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 94.1%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 4% of the total, with 81% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Negative reviews most often mention grind, boredom, and pacing. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 85.7%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (92.6% 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.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Grind, Boring / repetitive, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Grind41% of negative reviews (13% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch
  • Boring / repetitive30% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among under 2h players · ongoing since launch
  • Movement & pacing11% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Updates & developers9% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel41% of positive reviews (25% of negative)
+ シンプル+ ドット+ 中毒性+ ジャンル+ ネクロマンサー+ ローグライト+ 地形+ ストーリー− bored− left− boring− grinding− maybe− makes− wanted− potential

Counted from 366 recent negative and 570 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

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating92.7%All time, all languages · 36,622 reviews
Adjusted rating92.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 92.3%–92.8%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews80.4%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−12.4pt vs overall) · 336 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.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review3%10%
Very short text27%12%
Key activated outside Steam9%8%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games2%2%
Over 100 reviews written9%18%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.840.86

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 19.6 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

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

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 15k 2021-03: +13,875 / −809 2021-04: +1,179 / −140 2021-05: +737 / −96 2021-06: +695 / −74 2021-07: +524 / −49 2021-08: +361 / −32 2021-09: +265 / −34 2021-10: +250 / −46 2021-11: +3,976 / −44 2021-12: +815 / −56 2022-01: +519 / −48 2022-02: +316 / −39 2022-03: +740 / −92 2022-04: +263 / −49 2022-05: +524 / −66 2022-06: +261 / −31 2022-07: +291 / −37 2022-08: +209 / −20 2022-09: +357 / −38 2022-10: +152 / −18 2022-11: +254 / −23 2022-12: +232 / −36 2023-01: +241 / −36 2023-02: +131 / −9 2023-03: +167 / −14 2023-04: +184 / −19 2023-05: +232 / −27 2023-06: +100 / −16 2023-07: +167 / −19 2023-08: +155 / −15 2023-09: +111 / −16 2023-10: +99 / −9 2023-11: +182 / −18 2023-12: +158 / −15 2024-01: +126 / −21 2024-02: +103 / −18 2024-03: +165 / −12 2024-04: +119 / −10 2024-05: +184 / −26 2024-06: +110 / −18 2024-07: +173 / −28 2024-08: +170 / −19 2024-09: +98 / −11 2024-10: +97 / −14 2024-11: +162 / −17 2024-12: +158 / −25 2025-01: +123 / −19 2025-02: +102 / −17 2025-03: +144 / −21 2025-04: +90 / −4 2025-05: +88 / −12 2025-06: +134 / −17 2025-07: +138 / −23 2025-08: +115 / −20 2025-09: +165 / −13 2025-10: +156 / −23 2025-11: +120 / −17 2025-12: +152 / −22 2026-01: +139 / −17 2026-02: +121 / −20 2026-03: +83 / −12 2026-04: +69 / −10 2026-05: +99 / −16 2026-06: +116 / −24 2026-07: +90 / −7 2026-08: +59 / −13 2026-09: +55 / −4 2026-10: +48 / −7 2021/032022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 92.5% 2021-03: 94.5%2021-04: 89.4%2021-05: 88.5%2021-06: 90.4%2021-07: 91.4%2021-08: 91.9%2021-09: 88.6%2021-10: 84.5%2021-11: 98.9%2021-12: 93.6%2022-01: 91.5%2022-02: 89.0%2022-03: 88.9%2022-04: 84.3%2022-05: 88.8%2022-06: 89.4%2022-07: 88.7%2022-08: 91.3%2022-09: 90.4%2022-10: 89.4%2022-11: 91.7%2022-12: 86.6%2023-01: 87.0%2023-02: 93.6%2023-03: 92.3%2023-04: 90.6%2023-05: 89.6%2023-06: 86.2%2023-07: 89.8%2023-08: 91.2%2023-09: 87.4%2023-10: 91.7%2023-11: 91.0%2023-12: 91.3%2024-01: 85.7%2024-02: 85.1%2024-03: 93.2%2024-04: 92.2%2024-05: 87.6%2024-06: 85.9%2024-07: 86.1%2024-08: 89.9%2024-09: 89.9%2024-10: 87.4%2024-11: 90.5%2024-12: 86.3%2025-01: 86.6%2025-02: 85.7%2025-03: 87.3%2025-04: 95.7%2025-05: 88.0%2025-06: 88.7%2025-07: 85.7%2025-08: 85.2%2025-09: 92.7%2025-10: 87.2%2025-11: 87.6%2025-12: 87.4%2026-01: 89.1%2026-02: 85.8%2026-03: 87.4%2026-04: 87.3%2026-05: 86.1%2026-06: 82.9%2026-07: 92.8%2026-08: 81.9%2026-09: 93.2%2026-10: 87.3% 2021/032022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 2 4 6 8 2026-09-19: +3 / −1 2026-09-20: +3 / −1 2026-09-21: +1 / −0 2026-09-22: +2 / −0 2026-09-23: +4 / −0 2026-09-24: +2 / −0 2026-09-25: +0 / −0 2026-09-26: +2 / −0 2026-09-27: +2 / −0 2026-09-28: +3 / −0 2026-09-29: +2 / −0 2026-09-30: +1 / −0 2026-10-01: +2 / −0 2026-10-02: +4 / −0 2026-10-03: +6 / −1 2026-10-04: +2 / −0 2026-10-05: +2 / −0 2026-10-06: +2 / −0 2026-10-07: +3 / −1 2026-10-08: +2 / −1 2026-10-09: +2 / −1 2026-10-10: +3 / −0 2026-10-11: +2 / −0 2026-10-12: +1 / −0 2026-10-13: +1 / −0 2026-10-14: +2 / −0 2026-10-15: +4 / −1 2026-10-16: +2 / −1 2026-10-17: +3 / −1 2026-10-18: +5 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2021-0313,87580994.5%
2021-041,17914089.4%
2021-057379688.5%
2021-066957490.4%
2021-075244991.4%
2021-083613291.9%
2021-092653488.6%
2021-102504684.5%
2021-113,9764498.9%
2021-128155693.6%
2022-015194891.5%
2022-023163989.0%
2022-037409288.9%
2022-042634984.3%
2022-055246688.8%
2022-062613189.4%
2022-072913788.7%
2022-082092091.3%
2022-093573890.4%
2022-101521889.4%
2022-112542391.7%
2022-122323686.6%
2023-012413687.0%
2023-02131993.6%
2023-031671492.3%
2023-041841990.6%
2023-052322789.6%
2023-061001686.2%
2023-071671989.8%
2023-081551591.2%
2023-091111687.4%
2023-1099991.7%
2023-111821891.0%
2023-121581591.3%
2024-011262185.7%
2024-021031885.1%
2024-031651293.2%
2024-041191092.2%
2024-051842687.6%
2024-061101885.9%
2024-071732886.1%
2024-081701989.9%
2024-09981189.9%
2024-10971487.4%
2024-111621790.5%
2024-121582586.3%
2025-011231986.6%
2025-021021785.7%
2025-031442187.3%
2025-0490495.7%
2025-05881288.0%
2025-061341788.7%
2025-071382385.7%
2025-081152085.2%
2025-091651392.7%
2025-101562387.2%
2025-111201787.6%
2025-121522287.4%
2026-011391789.1%
2026-021212085.8%
2026-03831287.4%
2026-04691087.3%
2026-05991686.1%
2026-061162482.9%
2026-0790792.8%
2026-08591381.9%
2026-0955493.2%
2026-1048787.3%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1931
2026-09-2031
2026-09-2110
2026-09-2220
2026-09-2340
2026-09-2420
2026-09-2500
2026-09-2620
2026-09-2720
2026-09-2830
2026-09-2920
2026-09-3010
2026-10-0120
2026-10-0240
2026-10-0361
2026-10-0420
2026-10-0520
2026-10-0620
2026-10-0731
2026-10-0821
2026-10-0921
2026-10-1030
2026-10-1120
2026-10-1210
2026-10-1310
2026-10-1420
2026-10-1541
2026-10-1621
2026-10-1731
2026-10-1850
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days87.1%93
Last 180 days86.7%611
All time92.7%36,622
Japanese, last 180 days87.5%8
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