Can you trust PAYDAY 2's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 88.8%

Release date: 2013年8月13日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
89.4%
675,012 reviews
Adjusted rating
88.8%
95% range 88.4%–89.3%
vs official −0.5pt
Japanese-language reviews
83.6%
1,825 reviews
vs overall −5.7pt

Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

The adjusted rating for PAYDAY 2 is 88.8% (95% range 88.4–89.3%), in line with the official 89.4% on Steam. It is based on 400 positive and 400 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).

Positive reviews average 0.72 in trust and negative ones 0.76; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (45% overall).

Across 161 months of history, Oct 2015 stands out: review volume and the negative share jumped together. Of 14,518 reviews that month, 61% were negative, and that single month holds 18% of all negative reviews. Excluding it, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 89.8% to 91.4%.

The last 180 days show 89.2% (last 30 days: 88.4%), close to the all-time figure.

Japanese-language reviews alone show 83.6% (1,825 reviews, 95% range 81.9–85.2%), 5.7 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive.

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 review5%16%
Very short text47%26%
Key activated outside Steam25%29%
Received for free6%8%
Owns very few games13%7%
Over 100 reviews written2%2%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.720.76

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 27.4 hours.

Rating history

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

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 5,000 10k 15k 2013-06: +1 / −0 2013-07: +0 / −0 2013-08: +749 / −83 2013-09: +479 / −52 2013-10: +296 / −29 2013-11: +860 / −107 2013-12: +3,974 / −214 2014-01: +2,238 / −142 2014-02: +1,199 / −102 2014-03: +3,203 / −270 2014-04: +1,395 / −110 2014-05: +1,379 / −143 2014-06: +7,817 / −485 2014-07: +3,689 / −277 2014-08: +2,301 / −169 2014-09: +1,559 / −127 2014-10: +5,370 / −362 2014-11: +3,623 / −280 2014-12: +3,809 / −326 2015-01: +2,672 / −248 2015-02: +1,375 / −197 2015-03: +6,636 / −602 2015-04: +2,009 / −188 2015-05: +1,457 / −231 2015-06: +3,609 / −368 2015-07: +1,772 / −267 2015-08: +4,011 / −437 2015-09: +1,921 / −256 2015-10: +5,674 / −8,844 2015-11: +3,129 / −1,598 2015-12: +3,475 / −940 2016-01: +4,289 / −1,166 2016-02: +2,821 / −625 2016-03: +4,048 / −864 2016-04: +2,197 / −404 2016-05: +1,390 / −304 2016-06: +4,095 / −540 2016-07: +3,127 / −339 2016-08: +1,537 / −220 2016-09: +1,602 / −188 2016-10: +3,051 / −409 2016-11: +8,570 / −469 2016-12: +2,520 / −337 2017-01: +2,583 / −329 2017-02: +2,967 / −473 2017-03: +1,281 / −183 2017-04: +2,709 / −436 2017-05: +1,693 / −205 2017-06: +6,070 / −1,863 2017-07: +1,951 / −339 2017-08: +1,119 / −204 2017-09: +962 / −165 2017-10: +1,507 / −242 2017-11: +3,969 / −269 2017-12: +1,336 / −183 2018-01: +1,076 / −166 2018-02: +745 / −109 2018-03: +721 / −111 2018-04: +1,259 / −156 2018-05: +1,354 / −134 2018-06: +1,335 / −166 2018-07: +1,181 / −111 2018-08: +1,465 / −204 2018-09: +702 / −85 2018-10: +922 / −116 2018-11: +5,151 / −208 2018-12: +1,216 / −107 2019-01: +1,133 / −114 2019-02: +912 / −112 2019-03: +717 / −82 2019-04: +681 / −77 2019-05: +1,031 / −95 2019-06: +4,853 / −244 2019-07: +6,544 / −322 2019-08: +849 / −100 2019-09: +539 / −64 2019-10: +1,251 / −111 2019-11: +7,132 / −299 2019-12: +7,324 / −314 2020-01: +6,015 / −282 2020-02: +3,293 / −271 2020-03: +3,946 / −308 2020-04: +3,872 / −278 2020-05: +4,289 / −302 2020-06: +4,215 / −265 2020-07: +8,576 / −518 2020-08: +4,505 / −295 2020-09: +3,021 / −168 2020-10: +2,835 / −174 2020-11: +5,869 / −271 2020-12: +6,715 / −362 2021-01: +8,239 / −415 2021-02: +3,999 / −209 2021-03: +3,762 / −261 2021-04: +3,620 / −204 2021-05: +5,125 / −296 2021-06: +6,213 / −329 2021-07: +9,592 / −494 2021-08: +5,279 / −308 2021-09: +3,273 / −200 2021-10: +4,345 / −241 2021-11: +6,232 / −260 2021-12: +4,895 / −263 2022-01: +5,755 / −276 2022-02: +3,227 / −191 2022-03: +2,655 / −191 2022-04: +2,489 / −152 2022-05: +2,538 / −139 2022-06: +3,539 / −192 2022-07: +4,652 / −290 2022-08: +4,075 / −255 2022-09: +2,844 / −177 2022-10: +2,226 / −140 2022-11: +4,222 / −171 2022-12: +4,396 / −236 2023-01: +5,343 / −260 2023-02: +2,532 / −164 2023-03: +2,537 / −167 2023-04: +2,275 / −133 2023-05: +2,030 / −126 2023-06: +3,527 / −1,208 2023-07: +4,706 / −513 2023-08: +4,901 / −454 2023-09: +3,144 / −271 2023-10: +2,022 / −137 2023-11: +2,232 / −124 2023-12: +2,027 / −196 2024-01: +2,169 / −195 2024-02: +1,358 / −108 2024-03: +1,632 / −118 2024-04: +1,360 / −130 2024-05: +1,140 / −133 2024-06: +1,470 / −139 2024-07: +2,137 / −208 2024-08: +1,360 / −141 2024-09: +1,129 / −122 2024-10: +896 / −75 2024-11: +1,462 / −91 2024-12: +1,445 / −89 2025-01: +1,777 / −134 2025-02: +1,296 / −97 2025-03: +1,042 / −104 2025-04: +712 / −71 2025-05: +739 / −75 2025-06: +1,229 / −103 2025-07: +1,197 / −109 2025-08: +814 / −96 2025-09: +803 / −941 2025-10: +1,098 / −430 2025-11: +870 / −87 2025-12: +1,893 / −209 2026-01: +2,069 / −208 2026-02: +907 / −95 2026-03: +1,071 / −94 2026-04: +745 / −94 2026-05: +1,132 / −103 2026-06: +909 / −102 2026-07: +1,320 / −126 2026-08: +988 / −143 2026-09: +956 / −137 2026-10: +262 / −26 2013/062014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 89.8% 2013-08: 90.0%2013-09: 90.2%2013-10: 91.1%2013-11: 88.9%2013-12: 94.9%2014-01: 94.0%2014-02: 92.2%2014-03: 92.2%2014-04: 92.7%2014-05: 90.6%2014-06: 94.2%2014-07: 93.0%2014-08: 93.2%2014-09: 92.5%2014-10: 93.7%2014-11: 92.8%2014-12: 92.1%2015-01: 91.5%2015-02: 87.5%2015-03: 91.7%2015-04: 91.4%2015-05: 86.3%2015-06: 90.7%2015-07: 86.9%2015-08: 90.2%2015-09: 88.2%2015-10: 39.1%2015-11: 66.2%2015-12: 78.7%2016-01: 78.6%2016-02: 81.9%2016-03: 82.4%2016-04: 84.5%2016-05: 82.1%2016-06: 88.3%2016-07: 90.2%2016-08: 87.5%2016-09: 89.5%2016-10: 88.2%2016-11: 94.8%2016-12: 88.2%2017-01: 88.7%2017-02: 86.3%2017-03: 87.5%2017-04: 86.1%2017-05: 89.2%2017-06: 76.5%2017-07: 85.2%2017-08: 84.6%2017-09: 85.4%2017-10: 86.2%2017-11: 93.7%2017-12: 88.0%2018-01: 86.6%2018-02: 87.2%2018-03: 86.7%2018-04: 89.0%2018-05: 91.0%2018-06: 88.9%2018-07: 91.4%2018-08: 87.8%2018-09: 89.2%2018-10: 88.8%2018-11: 96.1%2018-12: 91.9%2019-01: 90.9%2019-02: 89.1%2019-03: 89.7%2019-04: 89.8%2019-05: 91.6%2019-06: 95.2%2019-07: 95.3%2019-08: 89.5%2019-09: 89.4%2019-10: 91.9%2019-11: 96.0%2019-12: 95.9%2020-01: 95.5%2020-02: 92.4%2020-03: 92.8%2020-04: 93.3%2020-05: 93.4%2020-06: 94.1%2020-07: 94.3%2020-08: 93.9%2020-09: 94.7%2020-10: 94.2%2020-11: 95.6%2020-12: 94.9%2021-01: 95.2%2021-02: 95.0%2021-03: 93.5%2021-04: 94.7%2021-05: 94.5%2021-06: 95.0%2021-07: 95.1%2021-08: 94.5%2021-09: 94.2%2021-10: 94.7%2021-11: 96.0%2021-12: 94.9%2022-01: 95.4%2022-02: 94.4%2022-03: 93.3%2022-04: 94.2%2022-05: 94.8%2022-06: 94.9%2022-07: 94.1%2022-08: 94.1%2022-09: 94.1%2022-10: 94.1%2022-11: 96.1%2022-12: 94.9%2023-01: 95.4%2023-02: 93.9%2023-03: 93.8%2023-04: 94.5%2023-05: 94.2%2023-06: 74.5%2023-07: 90.2%2023-08: 91.5%2023-09: 92.1%2023-10: 93.7%2023-11: 94.7%2023-12: 91.2%2024-01: 91.8%2024-02: 92.6%2024-03: 93.3%2024-04: 91.3%2024-05: 89.6%2024-06: 91.4%2024-07: 91.1%2024-08: 90.6%2024-09: 90.2%2024-10: 92.3%2024-11: 94.1%2024-12: 94.2%2025-01: 93.0%2025-02: 93.0%2025-03: 90.9%2025-04: 90.9%2025-05: 90.8%2025-06: 92.3%2025-07: 91.7%2025-08: 89.5%2025-09: 46.0%2025-10: 71.9%2025-11: 90.9%2025-12: 90.1%2026-01: 90.9%2026-02: 90.5%2026-03: 91.9%2026-04: 88.8%2026-05: 91.7%2026-06: 89.9%2026-07: 91.3%2026-08: 87.4%2026-09: 87.5%2026-10: 91.0% 2013/062014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2015-10). Detection rule

Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 20 40 60 2026-09-13: +42 / −5 2026-09-14: +31 / −5 2026-09-15: +36 / −7 2026-09-16: +35 / −2 2026-09-17: +26 / −10 2026-09-18: +26 / −3 2026-09-19: +48 / −6 2026-09-20: +49 / −4 2026-09-21: +26 / −3 2026-09-22: +27 / −7 2026-09-23: +21 / −4 2026-09-24: +29 / −3 2026-09-25: +25 / −3 2026-09-26: +30 / −6 2026-09-27: +17 / −0 2026-09-28: +21 / −0 2026-09-29: +15 / −6 2026-09-30: +16 / −4 2026-10-01: +20 / −2 2026-10-02: +26 / −1 2026-10-03: +25 / −2 2026-10-04: +29 / −2 2026-10-05: +17 / −5 2026-10-06: +34 / −1 2026-10-07: +20 / −1 2026-10-08: +22 / −3 2026-10-09: +19 / −3 2026-10-10: +19 / −3 2026-10-11: +27 / −3 2026-10-12: +4 / −0 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days88.4%1,189
Last 180 days89.2%8,373
All time89.4%675,012
Japanese, last 180 days76.9%13

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