Can you trust Resident Evil 4's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 97.2%
Genuinely great 398 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Resident Evil 4 holds an official Steam rating of 97.4%. After weighting 398 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 97.2% (95% range 97.1–97.3%), 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 0.73 in trust and negative ones 0.78; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (46% overall).
The monthly history (44 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 97.7% (last 30 days: 97.8%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews alone show 90.0% (1,385 reviews, 95% range 88.3–91.4%), 7.4 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 87.9%.
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% | 13% |
| Very short text | 46% | 22% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 22% | 26% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 20% | 9% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 5% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.73 | 0.78 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 20.6 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 97.8% | 6,715 |
| Last 180 days | 97.7% | 42,366 |
| All time | 97.4% | 282,616 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 87.9% | 149 |
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