OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
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How do players who really played OCTOPATH TRAVELER II rate it? TrueGG Rating 88.9%

Release date: Feb 24, 2023 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.

Think twice if you are

  • Players who put story first
  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
88.9%
▼ −4.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,215 reviews

TrueGG, all time
94.8%
Steam overall
93.0%
Japanese, all time
91.5%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 3.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 75.8%.

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 (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h44%411–2 h47%322–5 h80%1475–10 h74%17110–20 h76%22620–50 h83%38250–100 h91%622100–200 h94%187200+ h96%24Positive share by playtime0–1 h4144%1–2 h3247%2–5 h14780%5–10 h17174%10–20 h22676%20–50 h38283%50–100 h62291%100–200 h18794%200+ h2496%

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 h43.9%0.0%41
1–2 h46.9%—32
2–5 h80.3%100.0%147
5–10 h74.3%0.0%171
10–20 h76.1%100.0%226
20–50 h82.7%0.0%382
50–100 h91.0%85.7%622
100–200 h93.6%100.0%187
200+ h95.8%100.0%24

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 69% had 20+ hours and 14% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II has a TrueGG Rating of 88.9%: the positive share among 1,215 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 93.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 94.8%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, with 76% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 10–20h are 76% positive versus 91% at 50–100h: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention the story, boredom, and grind. Positive reviews praise 前作・シリーズ.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 91.5%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (92.7% 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 (Story, Boring / repetitive, Grind, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Story65% of negative reviews (43% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · 45 positive reviews say it improved
  • Boring / repetitive29% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Grind27% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · 11 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing10% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · 13 positive reviews say it improved
  • Price8% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among under 2h players

+ What players praise

  • Compared with earlier entries17% of positive reviews (8% of negative)
+ オクトパストラベラー+ テンポ+ 気持+ 形式+ 存在+ 進行+ オムニバス+ スクエニ− terrible− half− minutes− stupid− seem− requires− disappointed− wouldn't

Counted from 351 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

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Checking the numbers

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

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating93.0%All time, all languages · 17,823 reviews
Adjusted rating92.7%Weighted by trust (95% range 92.5%–92.9%), −0.3pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews90.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−2.7pt vs overall) · 524 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%12%
Very short text28%6%
Key activated outside Steam44%48%
Received for free0%2%
Owns very few games9%3%
Over 100 reviews written5%13%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.780.81

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 46.7 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 1,000 2,000 3,000 2023-02: +934 / −40 2023-03: +2,180 / −79 2023-04: +660 / −32 2023-05: +330 / −10 2023-06: +203 / −11 2023-07: +947 / −58 2023-08: +391 / −19 2023-09: +257 / −26 2023-10: +229 / −10 2023-11: +670 / −16 2023-12: +328 / −30 2024-01: +362 / −22 2024-02: +202 / −14 2024-03: +173 / −13 2024-04: +161 / −16 2024-05: +322 / −41 2024-06: +175 / −11 2024-07: +237 / −25 2024-08: +156 / −15 2024-09: +140 / −10 2024-10: +240 / −22 2024-11: +104 / −15 2024-12: +187 / −17 2025-01: +200 / −20 2025-02: +166 / −15 2025-03: +171 / −11 2025-04: +127 / −9 2025-05: +147 / −15 2025-06: +112 / −10 2025-07: +179 / −23 2025-08: +303 / −41 2025-09: +156 / −25 2025-10: +167 / −22 2025-11: +146 / −14 2025-12: +218 / −31 2026-01: +211 / −22 2026-02: +111 / −18 2026-03: +132 / −13 2026-04: +100 / −11 2026-05: +101 / −16 2026-06: +70 / −18 2026-07: +110 / −18 2026-08: +212 / −55 2026-09: +140 / −14 2026-10: +104 / −14 2023/022023/072024/012024/072025/012025/072026/012026/07

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 92.9% 2024-06: update 2023-02: 95.9%2023-03: 96.5%2023-04: 95.4%2023-05: 97.1%2023-06: 94.9%2023-07: 94.2%2023-08: 95.4%2023-09: 90.8%2023-10: 95.8%2023-11: 97.7%2023-12: 91.6%2024-01: 94.3%2024-02: 93.5%2024-03: 93.0%2024-04: 91.0%2024-05: 88.7%2024-06: 94.1%2024-07: 90.5%2024-08: 91.2%2024-09: 93.3%2024-10: 91.6%2024-11: 87.4%2024-12: 91.7%2025-01: 90.9%2025-02: 91.7%2025-03: 94.0%2025-04: 93.4%2025-05: 90.7%2025-06: 91.8%2025-07: 88.6%2025-08: 88.1%2025-09: 86.2%2025-10: 88.4%2025-11: 91.3%2025-12: 87.6%2026-01: 90.6%2026-02: 86.0%2026-03: 91.0%2026-04: 90.1%2026-05: 86.3%2026-06: 79.5%2026-07: 85.9%2026-08: 79.4%2026-09: 90.9%2026-10: 88.1% 2023/022023/072024/012024/072025/012025/072026/012026/07

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2024-06-05 Ver1.1.0 Update Information 89% → 91% (+1.3pt)

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +5 / −0 2026-09-20: +8 / −0 2026-09-21: +6 / −2 2026-09-22: +5 / −1 2026-09-23: +3 / −0 2026-09-24: +6 / −0 2026-09-25: +9 / −2 2026-09-26: +4 / −1 2026-09-27: +5 / −0 2026-09-28: +9 / −1 2026-09-29: +2 / −1 2026-09-30: +5 / −0 2026-10-01: +6 / −2 2026-10-02: +7 / −2 2026-10-03: +9 / −1 2026-10-04: +5 / −1 2026-10-05: +5 / −0 2026-10-06: +5 / −1 2026-10-07: +8 / −0 2026-10-08: +4 / −2 2026-10-09: +6 / −1 2026-10-10: +6 / −0 2026-10-11: +6 / −0 2026-10-12: +5 / −1 2026-10-13: +6 / −0 2026-10-14: +6 / −1 2026-10-15: +2 / −1 2026-10-16: +3 / −0 2026-10-17: +10 / −0 2026-10-18: +5 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2023-029344095.9%
2023-032,1807996.5%
2023-046603295.4%
2023-053301097.1%
2023-062031194.9%
2023-079475894.2%
2023-083911995.4%
2023-092572690.8%
2023-102291095.8%
2023-116701697.7%
2023-123283091.6%
2024-013622294.3%
2024-022021493.5%
2024-031731393.0%
2024-041611691.0%
2024-053224188.7%
2024-061751194.1%
2024-072372590.5%
2024-081561591.2%
2024-091401093.3%
2024-102402291.6%
2024-111041587.4%
2024-121871791.7%
2025-012002090.9%
2025-021661591.7%
2025-031711194.0%
2025-04127993.4%
2025-051471590.7%
2025-061121091.8%
2025-071792388.6%
2025-083034188.1%
2025-091562586.2%
2025-101672288.4%
2025-111461491.3%
2025-122183187.6%
2026-012112290.6%
2026-021111886.0%
2026-031321391.0%
2026-041001190.1%
2026-051011686.3%
2026-06701879.5%
2026-071101885.9%
2026-082125579.4%
2026-091401490.9%
2026-101041488.1%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1950
2026-09-2080
2026-09-2162
2026-09-2251
2026-09-2330
2026-09-2460
2026-09-2592
2026-09-2641
2026-09-2750
2026-09-2891
2026-09-2921
2026-09-3050
2026-10-0162
2026-10-0272
2026-10-0391
2026-10-0451
2026-10-0550
2026-10-0651
2026-10-0780
2026-10-0842
2026-10-0961
2026-10-1060
2026-10-1160
2026-10-1251
2026-10-1360
2026-10-1461
2026-10-1521
2026-10-1630
2026-10-17100
2026-10-1851
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days86.1%323
Last 180 days83.5%1,829
All time93.0%17,823
Japanese, last 180 days80.0%35
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