Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
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How do players who really played Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition rate it? TrueGG Rating 84.9%

Release date: Sep 3, 2014 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)
  • Players relying on Japanese (Japanese reviews rate it lower)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
84.9%
▲ +7.8 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 383 reviews

TrueGG, all time
84.8%
Steam overall
77.1%
Japanese, all time
67.6%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 11.7% of all reviews. Their positive share is 40.4%.

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 (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h34%351–2 h33%152–5 h86%885–10 h86%13210–20 h88%19120–50 h80%14550–100 h86%37100–200 h90%10200+ h—0Positive share by playtime0–1 h3534%1–2 h1533%2–5 h8886%5–10 h13286%10–20 h19188%20–50 h14580%50–100 h3786%100–200 h1090%200+ h0—

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 h34.3%—35
1–2 h33.3%—15
2–5 h86.4%—88
5–10 h86.4%—132
10–20 h88.0%100.0%191
20–50 h80.0%33.3%145
50–100 h86.5%—37
100–200 h90.0%100.0%10
200+ h——0

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 30% had 20+ hours and 1% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition has a TrueGG Rating of 84.9%: the positive share among 383 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours. That is 7.8 points above Steam's overall 77.1%, so players who really play the current version rate it higher than the headline number suggests (all time: 84.8%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 12% of the total, and only 40% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs, monetization and DLC (more than at launch), and boredom (more than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels, 前作・シリーズ, and graphics and music.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 67.6%, 17.3 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (77.3% 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). These can be fixed, so check recent reviews too. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs31% of negative reviews (14% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 8 positive reviews say it improved
  • Monetization & DLC11% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · more than at launch
  • Boring / repetitive11% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · more than at launch
  • Updates & developers9% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel39% of positive reviews (25% of negative)
  • Compared with earlier entries14% of positive reviews (8% of negative)
  • Graphics & music7% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 自由＋ 爽快＋ アクション＋ 余裕＋ 強化＋ 時間制限＋ 要素＋ 変更− unplayable− buggy− broken− close− 左下− work− capped− isn't

Counted from 444 recent negative and 511 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 rating77.1%All time, all languages · 20,702 reviews
Adjusted rating77.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 76.7%–78.1%), +0.3pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews59.4%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−17.6pt vs overall) · 355 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%28%
Very short text34%12%
Key activated outside Steam24%36%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games10%4%
Over 100 reviews written8%13%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.770.76

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 14.5 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
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2014-09: +1,222 / −672 2014-10: +122 / −48 2014-11: +96 / −34 2014-12: +115 / −51 2015-01: +90 / −38 2015-02: +41 / −16 2015-03: +49 / −24 2015-04: +29 / −11 2015-05: +60 / −42 2015-06: +97 / −54 2015-07: +64 / −25 2015-08: +25 / −21 2015-09: +20 / −12 2015-10: +27 / −9 2015-11: +56 / −27 2015-12: +60 / −25 2016-01: +84 / −34 2016-02: +64 / −26 2016-03: +111 / −56 2016-04: +39 / −20 2016-05: +20 / −13 2016-06: +63 / −25 2016-07: +90 / −27 2016-08: +79 / −29 2016-09: +35 / −13 2016-10: +39 / −31 2016-11: +149 / −33 2016-12: +126 / −57 2017-01: +107 / −40 2017-02: +47 / −15 2017-03: +38 / −11 2017-04: +28 / −10 2017-05: +14 / −7 2017-06: +76 / −36 2017-07: +71 / −27 2017-08: +121 / −46 2017-09: +49 / −25 2017-10: +55 / −15 2017-11: +117 / −21 2017-12: +73 / −17 2018-01: +47 / −11 2018-02: +23 / −7 2018-03: +21 / −7 2018-04: +22 / −6 2018-05: +20 / −8 2018-06: +33 / −17 2018-07: +38 / −20 2018-08: +20 / −13 2018-09: +16 / −5 2018-10: +13 / −11 2018-11: +76 / −9 2018-12: +27 / −9 2019-01: +24 / −11 2019-02: +32 / −14 2019-03: +13 / −2 2019-04: +19 / −16 2019-05: +38 / −16 2019-06: +68 / −12 2019-07: +63 / −12 2019-08: +18 / −6 2019-09: +9 / −1 2019-10: +25 / −2 2019-11: +69 / −14 2019-12: +76 / −11 2020-01: +92 / −13 2020-02: +178 / −48 2020-03: +63 / −17 2020-04: +49 / −12 2020-05: +102 / −24 2020-06: +54 / −17 2020-07: +83 / −20 2020-08: +37 / −9 2020-09: +153 / −29 2020-10: +69 / −12 2020-11: +108 / −19 2020-12: +84 / −19 2021-01: +91 / −15 2021-02: +86 / −14 2021-03: +44 / −9 2021-04: +171 / −43 2021-05: +182 / −37 2021-06: +86 / −24 2021-07: +97 / −31 2021-08: +55 / −21 2021-09: +46 / −8 2021-10: +45 / −13 2021-11: +90 / −15 2021-12: +116 / −19 2022-01: +79 / −24 2022-02: +63 / −16 2022-03: +101 / −20 2022-04: +55 / −12 2022-05: +102 / −18 2022-06: +111 / −20 2022-07: +90 / −15 2022-08: +105 / −17 2022-09: +70 / −10 2022-10: +48 / −5 2022-11: +110 / −21 2022-12: +78 / −21 2023-01: +125 / −18 2023-02: +46 / −13 2023-03: +119 / −26 2023-04: +65 / −18 2023-05: +71 / −14 2023-06: +77 / −14 2023-07: +77 / −13 2023-08: +62 / −15 2023-09: +50 / −8 2023-10: +48 / −5 2023-11: +90 / −16 2023-12: +52 / −16 2024-01: +70 / −29 2024-02: +52 / −19 2024-03: +81 / −20 2024-04: +52 / −5 2024-05: +75 / −23 2024-06: +88 / −16 2024-07: +178 / −24 2024-08: +75 / −13 2024-09: +193 / −34 2024-10: +70 / −17 2024-11: +97 / −22 2024-12: +100 / −22 2025-01: +77 / −12 2025-02: +89 / −17 2025-03: +79 / −5 2025-04: +58 / −10 2025-05: +69 / −16 2025-06: +90 / −26 2025-07: +90 / −17 2025-08: +79 / −15 2025-09: +48 / −16 2025-10: +56 / −11 2025-11: +65 / −13 2025-12: +72 / −21 2026-01: +66 / −10 2026-02: +71 / −11 2026-03: +60 / −9 2026-04: +94 / −21 2026-05: +72 / −17 2026-06: +84 / −11 2026-07: +93 / −10 2026-08: +45 / −9 2026-09: +66 / −20 2026-10: +25 / −3 2014/092015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 77.1% 2025-04: update 2014-09: 64.5%2014-10: 71.8%2014-11: 73.8%2014-12: 69.3%2015-01: 70.3%2015-02: 71.9%2015-03: 67.1%2015-04: 72.5%2015-05: 58.8%2015-06: 64.2%2015-07: 71.9%2015-08: 54.3%2015-09: 62.5%2015-10: 75.0%2015-11: 67.5%2015-12: 70.6%2016-01: 71.2%2016-02: 71.1%2016-03: 66.5%2016-04: 66.1%2016-05: 60.6%2016-06: 71.6%2016-07: 76.9%2016-08: 73.1%2016-09: 72.9%2016-10: 55.7%2016-11: 81.9%2016-12: 68.9%2017-01: 72.8%2017-02: 75.8%2017-03: 77.6%2017-04: 73.7%2017-06: 67.9%2017-07: 72.4%2017-08: 72.5%2017-09: 66.2%2017-10: 78.6%2017-11: 84.8%2017-12: 81.1%2018-01: 81.0%2018-02: 76.7%2018-06: 66.0%2018-07: 65.5%2018-08: 60.6%2018-11: 89.4%2018-12: 75.0%2019-01: 68.6%2019-02: 69.6%2019-04: 54.3%2019-05: 70.4%2019-06: 85.0%2019-07: 84.0%2019-11: 83.1%2019-12: 87.4%2020-01: 87.6%2020-02: 78.8%2020-03: 78.8%2020-04: 80.3%2020-05: 81.0%2020-06: 76.1%2020-07: 80.6%2020-08: 80.4%2020-09: 84.1%2020-10: 85.2%2020-11: 85.0%2020-12: 81.6%2021-01: 85.8%2021-02: 86.0%2021-03: 83.0%2021-04: 79.9%2021-05: 83.1%2021-06: 78.2%2021-07: 75.8%2021-08: 72.4%2021-09: 85.2%2021-10: 77.6%2021-11: 85.7%2021-12: 85.9%2022-01: 76.7%2022-02: 79.7%2022-03: 83.5%2022-04: 82.1%2022-05: 85.0%2022-06: 84.7%2022-07: 85.7%2022-08: 86.1%2022-09: 87.5%2022-10: 90.6%2022-11: 84.0%2022-12: 78.8%2023-01: 87.4%2023-02: 78.0%2023-03: 82.1%2023-04: 78.3%2023-05: 83.5%2023-06: 84.6%2023-07: 85.6%2023-08: 80.5%2023-09: 86.2%2023-10: 90.6%2023-11: 84.9%2023-12: 76.5%2024-01: 70.7%2024-02: 73.2%2024-03: 80.2%2024-04: 91.2%2024-05: 76.5%2024-06: 84.6%2024-07: 88.1%2024-08: 85.2%2024-09: 85.0%2024-10: 80.5%2024-11: 81.5%2024-12: 82.0%2025-01: 86.5%2025-02: 84.0%2025-03: 94.0%2025-04: 85.3%2025-05: 81.2%2025-06: 77.6%2025-07: 84.1%2025-08: 84.0%2025-09: 75.0%2025-10: 83.6%2025-11: 83.3%2025-12: 77.4%2026-01: 86.8%2026-02: 86.6%2026-03: 87.0%2026-04: 81.7%2026-05: 80.9%2026-06: 88.4%2026-07: 90.3%2026-08: 83.3%2026-09: 76.7% 2014/092015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2025-04-24 Pre-order bonus DLC now available including original Frank costume! 88% → 79% (−9.3pt)

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 2 4 6 2026-09-19: +1 / −1 2026-09-20: +3 / −0 2026-09-21: +4 / −0 2026-09-22: +2 / −0 2026-09-23: +4 / −0 2026-09-24: +2 / −0 2026-09-25: +3 / −0 2026-09-26: +1 / −1 2026-09-27: +4 / −2 2026-09-28: +2 / −1 2026-09-29: +1 / −0 2026-09-30: +1 / −0 2026-10-01: +0 / −0 2026-10-02: +1 / −0 2026-10-03: +2 / −1 2026-10-04: +1 / −0 2026-10-05: +2 / −0 2026-10-06: +3 / −0 2026-10-07: +2 / −0 2026-10-08: +0 / −0 2026-10-09: +2 / −0 2026-10-10: +0 / −0 2026-10-11: +0 / −0 2026-10-12: +1 / −0 2026-10-13: +2 / −0 2026-10-14: +1 / −0 2026-10-15: +0 / −1 2026-10-16: +3 / −0 2026-10-17: +3 / −0 2026-10-18: +2 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2014-091,22267264.5%
2014-101224871.8%
2014-11963473.8%
2014-121155169.3%
2015-01903870.3%
2015-02411671.9%
2015-03492467.1%
2015-04291172.5%
2015-05604258.8%
2015-06975464.2%
2015-07642571.9%
2015-08252154.3%
2015-09201262.5%
2015-1027975.0%
2015-11562767.5%
2015-12602570.6%
2016-01843471.2%
2016-02642671.1%
2016-031115666.5%
2016-04392066.1%
2016-05201360.6%
2016-06632571.6%
2016-07902776.9%
2016-08792973.1%
2016-09351372.9%
2016-10393155.7%
2016-111493381.9%
2016-121265768.9%
2017-011074072.8%
2017-02471575.8%
2017-03381177.6%
2017-04281073.7%
2017-0514766.7%
2017-06763667.9%
2017-07712772.4%
2017-081214672.5%
2017-09492566.2%
2017-10551578.6%
2017-111172184.8%
2017-12731781.1%
2018-01471181.0%
2018-0223776.7%
2018-0321775.0%
2018-0422678.6%
2018-0520871.4%
2018-06331766.0%
2018-07382065.5%
2018-08201360.6%
2018-0916576.2%
2018-10131154.2%
2018-1176989.4%
2018-1227975.0%
2019-01241168.6%
2019-02321469.6%
2019-0313286.7%
2019-04191654.3%
2019-05381670.4%
2019-06681285.0%
2019-07631284.0%
2019-0818675.0%
2019-099190.0%
2019-1025292.6%
2019-11691483.1%
2019-12761187.4%
2020-01921387.6%
2020-021784878.8%
2020-03631778.8%
2020-04491280.3%
2020-051022481.0%
2020-06541776.1%
2020-07832080.6%
2020-0837980.4%
2020-091532984.1%
2020-10691285.2%
2020-111081985.0%
2020-12841981.6%
2021-01911585.8%
2021-02861486.0%
2021-0344983.0%
2021-041714379.9%
2021-051823783.1%
2021-06862478.2%
2021-07973175.8%
2021-08552172.4%
2021-0946885.2%
2021-10451377.6%
2021-11901585.7%
2021-121161985.9%
2022-01792476.7%
2022-02631679.7%
2022-031012083.5%
2022-04551282.1%
2022-051021885.0%
2022-061112084.7%
2022-07901585.7%
2022-081051786.1%
2022-09701087.5%
2022-1048590.6%
2022-111102184.0%
2022-12782178.8%
2023-011251887.4%
2023-02461378.0%
2023-031192682.1%
2023-04651878.3%
2023-05711483.5%
2023-06771484.6%
2023-07771385.6%
2023-08621580.5%
2023-0950886.2%
2023-1048590.6%
2023-11901684.9%
2023-12521676.5%
2024-01702970.7%
2024-02521973.2%
2024-03812080.2%
2024-0452591.2%
2024-05752376.5%
2024-06881684.6%
2024-071782488.1%
2024-08751385.2%
2024-091933485.0%
2024-10701780.5%
2024-11972281.5%
2024-121002282.0%
2025-01771286.5%
2025-02891784.0%
2025-0379594.0%
2025-04581085.3%
2025-05691681.2%
2025-06902677.6%
2025-07901784.1%
2025-08791584.0%
2025-09481675.0%
2025-10561183.6%
2025-11651383.3%
2025-12722177.4%
2026-01661086.8%
2026-02711186.6%
2026-0360987.0%
2026-04942181.7%
2026-05721780.9%
2026-06841188.4%
2026-07931090.3%
2026-0845983.3%
2026-09662076.7%
2026-1025389.3%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1911
2026-09-2030
2026-09-2140
2026-09-2220
2026-09-2340
2026-09-2420
2026-09-2530
2026-09-2611
2026-09-2742
2026-09-2821
2026-09-2910
2026-09-3010
2026-10-0100
2026-10-0210
2026-10-0321
2026-10-0410
2026-10-0520
2026-10-0630
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days83.0%100
Last 180 days81.5%653
All time77.1%20,702
Japanese, last 180 days60.0%5
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