Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
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How do players who really played Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord rate it? TrueGG Rating 86.3%

Release date: Oct 25, 2022 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Think twice if you are

  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)
  • Players buying on the promise of future updates (complaints about the developers)
  • Players who want a polished, finished game (reports it feels unfinished)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
86.3%
▼ −1.4 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 10,246 reviews

TrueGG, all time
87.7%
Steam overall
87.7%
Japanese, all time
85.2%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 3.5% of all reviews. Their positive share is 72.6%.

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 (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 h47%1111–2 h37%1092–5 h80%5345–10 h89%70010–20 h90%1,15620–50 h89%2,33350–100 h88%2,165100–200 h85%2,230200+ h84%3,518Positive share by playtime0–1 h11147%1–2 h10937%2–5 h53480%5–10 h70089%10–20 h1,15690%20–50 h2,33389%50–100 h2,16588%100–200 h2,23085%200+ h3,51884%

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 h46.8%0.0%111
1–2 h36.7%0.0%109
2–5 h79.6%0.0%534
5–10 h89.0%100.0%700
10–20 h89.6%100.0%1,156
20–50 h89.3%100.0%2,333
50–100 h87.8%0.0%2,165
100–200 h85.4%80.0%2,230
200+ h84.0%85.7%3,518

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 68% had 20+ hours and 29% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has a TrueGG Rating of 86.3%: the positive share among 10,246 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 87.7%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 87.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, with 73% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs (less than at launch), updates and the developers, and boredom.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 85.2%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (85.3% 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 technical quality (Crashes & bugs, Unfinished / low effort). They have declined since launch, so things may have improved.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs26% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch · 8 positive reviews say it improved
  • Updates & developers20% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Boring / repetitive10% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Compared with earlier entries10% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch · 7 positive reviews say it improved
  • Unfinished / low effort9% of negative reviews (1% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ 戦利品＋ 傭兵＋ カルラディア＋ 家臣＋ ロールプレイ＋ 信長＋ 独立＋ 指示− bugs− load− garbage− quality− broken− early− update− access

Counted from 459 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 rating87.7%All time, all languages · 299,696 reviews
Adjusted rating85.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 84.8%–85.7%), −2.4pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews81.0%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−6.7pt vs overall) · 843 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 review2%7%
Very short text58%14%
Key activated outside Steam21%28%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games21%11%
Over 100 reviews written1%2%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.680.84

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 78.8 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 20k 40k 60k 80k 2020-03: +17,278 / −2,597 2020-04: +55,623 / −6,551 2020-05: +7,533 / −1,594 2020-06: +3,236 / −747 2020-07: +2,651 / −596 2020-08: +2,163 / −475 2020-09: +2,113 / −453 2020-10: +1,952 / −368 2020-11: +6,417 / −377 2020-12: +2,504 / −424 2021-01: +2,266 / −386 2021-02: +1,780 / −402 2021-03: +1,741 / −323 2021-04: +1,629 / −329 2021-05: +1,802 / −375 2021-06: +1,513 / −357 2021-07: +1,853 / −417 2021-08: +1,601 / −407 2021-09: +1,271 / −235 2021-10: +1,266 / −296 2021-11: +1,824 / −298 2021-12: +2,390 / −376 2022-01: +2,234 / −336 2022-02: +1,431 / −206 2022-03: +1,298 / −199 2022-04: +1,344 / −203 2022-05: +1,208 / −223 2022-06: +1,692 / −327 2022-07: +1,580 / −282 2022-08: +1,612 / −407 2022-09: +1,444 / −330 2022-10: +2,523 / −678 2022-11: +7,251 / −679 2022-12: +1,854 / −416 2023-01: +1,793 / −258 2023-02: +1,160 / −134 2023-03: +1,374 / −259 2023-04: +1,024 / −161 2023-05: +936 / −130 2023-06: +906 / −129 2023-07: +1,893 / −248 2023-08: +1,115 / −148 2023-09: +973 / −166 2023-10: +863 / −173 2023-11: +1,917 / −218 2023-12: +1,744 / −270 2024-01: +1,565 / −250 2024-02: +1,052 / −207 2024-03: +1,699 / −269 2024-04: +1,123 / −180 2024-05: +961 / −171 2024-06: +1,294 / −230 2024-07: +1,730 / −325 2024-08: +1,142 / −203 2024-09: +1,119 / −173 2024-10: +930 / −145 2024-11: +1,153 / −157 2024-12: +1,755 / −270 2025-01: +1,479 / −268 2025-02: +932 / −178 2025-03: +1,281 / −315 2025-04: +963 / −133 2025-05: +865 / −124 2025-06: +1,401 / −212 2025-07: +1,623 / −215 2025-08: +1,033 / −151 2025-09: +1,323 / −175 2025-10: +1,593 / −186 2025-11: +2,114 / −451 2025-12: +2,705 / −703 2026-01: +1,614 / −377 2026-02: +1,192 / −185 2026-03: +1,353 / −270 2026-04: +1,460 / −259 2026-05: +1,297 / −250 2026-06: +1,141 / −273 2026-07: +1,903 / −368 2026-08: +1,518 / −214 2026-09: +1,006 / −132 2026-10: +1,026 / −124 2020/032021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 86.4% 2020-03: 86.9%2020-04: 89.5%2020-05: 82.5%2020-06: 81.2%2020-07: 81.6%2020-08: 82.0%2020-09: 82.3%2020-10: 84.1%2020-11: 94.5%2020-12: 85.5%2021-01: 85.4%2021-02: 81.6%2021-03: 84.4%2021-04: 83.2%2021-05: 82.8%2021-06: 80.9%2021-07: 81.6%2021-08: 79.7%2021-09: 84.4%2021-10: 81.0%2021-11: 86.0%2021-12: 86.4%2022-01: 86.9%2022-02: 87.4%2022-03: 86.7%2022-04: 86.9%2022-05: 84.4%2022-06: 83.8%2022-07: 84.9%2022-08: 79.8%2022-09: 81.4%2022-10: 78.8%2022-11: 91.4%2022-12: 81.7%2023-01: 87.4%2023-02: 89.6%2023-03: 84.1%2023-04: 86.4%2023-05: 87.8%2023-06: 87.5%2023-07: 88.4%2023-08: 88.3%2023-09: 85.4%2023-10: 83.3%2023-11: 89.8%2023-12: 86.6%2024-01: 86.2%2024-02: 83.6%2024-03: 86.3%2024-04: 86.2%2024-05: 84.9%2024-06: 84.9%2024-07: 84.2%2024-08: 84.9%2024-09: 86.6%2024-10: 86.5%2024-11: 88.0%2024-12: 86.7%2025-01: 84.7%2025-02: 84.0%2025-03: 80.3%2025-04: 87.9%2025-05: 87.5%2025-06: 86.9%2025-07: 88.3%2025-08: 87.2%2025-09: 88.3%2025-10: 89.5%2025-11: 82.4%2025-12: 79.4%2026-01: 81.1%2026-02: 86.6%2026-03: 83.4%2026-04: 84.9%2026-05: 83.8%2026-06: 80.7%2026-07: 83.8%2026-08: 87.6%2026-09: 88.4%2026-10: 89.2% 2020/032021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 80 2026-09-19: +45 / −3 2026-09-20: +43 / −4 2026-09-21: +42 / −3 2026-09-22: +28 / −2 2026-09-23: +29 / −4 2026-09-24: +38 / −10 2026-09-25: +39 / −4 2026-09-26: +25 / −2 2026-09-27: +34 / −4 2026-09-28: +32 / −4 2026-09-29: +30 / −4 2026-09-30: +35 / −6 2026-10-01: +34 / −2 2026-10-02: +38 / −10 2026-10-03: +70 / −7 2026-10-04: +69 / −9 2026-10-05: +62 / −16 2026-10-06: +66 / −10 2026-10-07: +53 / −8 2026-10-08: +63 / −8 2026-10-09: +62 / −8 2026-10-10: +66 / −7 2026-10-11: +65 / −7 2026-10-12: +61 / −2 2026-10-13: +48 / −6 2026-10-14: +40 / −7 2026-10-15: +44 / −4 2026-10-16: +61 / −4 2026-10-17: +70 / −4 2026-10-18: +54 / −5 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2020-0317,2782,59786.9%
2020-0455,6236,55189.5%
2020-057,5331,59482.5%
2020-063,23674781.2%
2020-072,65159681.6%
2020-082,16347582.0%
2020-092,11345382.3%
2020-101,95236884.1%
2020-116,41737794.5%
2020-122,50442485.5%
2021-012,26638685.4%
2021-021,78040281.6%
2021-031,74132384.4%
2021-041,62932983.2%
2021-051,80237582.8%
2021-061,51335780.9%
2021-071,85341781.6%
2021-081,60140779.7%
2021-091,27123584.4%
2021-101,26629681.0%
2021-111,82429886.0%
2021-122,39037686.4%
2022-012,23433686.9%
2022-021,43120687.4%
2022-031,29819986.7%
2022-041,34420386.9%
2022-051,20822384.4%
2022-061,69232783.8%
2022-071,58028284.9%
2022-081,61240779.8%
2022-091,44433081.4%
2022-102,52367878.8%
2022-117,25167991.4%
2022-121,85441681.7%
2023-011,79325887.4%
2023-021,16013489.6%
2023-031,37425984.1%
2023-041,02416186.4%
2023-0593613087.8%
2023-0690612987.5%
2023-071,89324888.4%
2023-081,11514888.3%
2023-0997316685.4%
2023-1086317383.3%
2023-111,91721889.8%
2023-121,74427086.6%
2024-011,56525086.2%
2024-021,05220783.6%
2024-031,69926986.3%
2024-041,12318086.2%
2024-0596117184.9%
2024-061,29423084.9%
2024-071,73032584.2%
2024-081,14220384.9%
2024-091,11917386.6%
2024-1093014586.5%
2024-111,15315788.0%
2024-121,75527086.7%
2025-011,47926884.7%
2025-0293217884.0%
2025-031,28131580.3%
2025-0496313387.9%
2025-0586512487.5%
2025-061,40121286.9%
2025-071,62321588.3%
2025-081,03315187.2%
2025-091,32317588.3%
2025-101,59318689.5%
2025-112,11445182.4%
2025-122,70570379.4%
2026-011,61437781.1%
2026-021,19218586.6%
2026-031,35327083.4%
2026-041,46025984.9%
2026-051,29725083.8%
2026-061,14127380.7%
2026-071,90336883.8%
2026-081,51821487.6%
2026-091,00613288.4%
2026-101,02612489.2%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19453
2026-09-20434
2026-09-21423
2026-09-22282
2026-09-23294
2026-09-243810
2026-09-25394
2026-09-26252
2026-09-27344
2026-09-28324
2026-09-29304
2026-09-30356
2026-10-01342
2026-10-023810
2026-10-03707
2026-10-04699
2026-10-056216
2026-10-066610
2026-10-07538
2026-10-08638
2026-10-09628
2026-10-10667
2026-10-11657
2026-10-12612
2026-10-13486
2026-10-14407
2026-10-15444
2026-10-16614
2026-10-17704
2026-10-18545
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days89.2%2,136
Last 180 days85.8%12,837
All time87.7%299,696
Japanese, last 180 days67.7%31
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