Can you trust 7 Days to Die's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 85.3%
Genuinely great 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
The adjusted rating for 7 Days to Die is 85.3% (95% range 84.9–85.6%), in line with the official 87.0% on Steam. It is based on 800 positive and 800 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
The main driver is that positive reviews include more very short reviews (43% of positive vs 16% of negative). As a result, positive reviews average 0.73 in trust against 0.84 for negative ones.
Across 155 months of history, no month shows a concentrated wave of negative reviews. There is no sign of coordinated review activity.
The last 180 days show 76.1%, 10.9 points below the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is weaker.
Japanese-language reviews (3,453) show 87.1%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 85.1%.
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 | 2% | 5% |
| Very short text | 43% | 16% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 31% | 33% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 19% | 7% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.73 | 0.84 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 133.8 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 74.5% | 1,566 |
| Last 180 days | 76.1% | 8,449 |
| All time | 87.0% | 402,039 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 85.1% | 94 |
About this verdict
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