This War of Mine
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How do players who really played This War of Mine rate it? TrueGG Rating 91.0%

Release date: Nov 14, 2014 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. Recent reviews are falling.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding
  • Players who want a brisk pace

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
91.0%
▼ −2.8 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,067 reviews

TrueGG, all time
95.6%
Steam overall
93.8%
Japanese, all time
89.2%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 7.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 82.4%.

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 h66%441–2 h76%412–5 h79%2005–10 h91%23610–20 h88%34320–50 h92%39950–100 h92%173100–200 h92%106200+ h89%46Positive share by playtime0–1 h4466%1–2 h4176%2–5 h20079%5–10 h23691%10–20 h34388%20–50 h39992%50–100 h17392%100–200 h10692%200+ h4689%

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 h65.9%0.0%44
1–2 h75.6%—41
2–5 h79.0%—200
5–10 h91.1%—236
10–20 h88.3%75.0%343
20–50 h92.5%100.0%399
50–100 h92.5%66.7%173
100–200 h92.5%100.0%106
200+ h89.1%100.0%46

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 39% had 20+ hours and 6% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

This War of Mine has a TrueGG Rating of 91.0%: the positive share among 1,067 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 93.8%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 95.6%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 7% of the total, with 82% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 2–5h are 79% positive versus 92% at 20–50h: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, crashes and bugs, and grind. Positive reviews praise graphics and music.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 89.2%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (93.6% 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 the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Grind, Movement & pacing, Controls, UI & camera). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive18% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Crashes & bugs15% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Grind11% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Movement & pacing11% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Controls, UI & camera10% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch

+ What players praise

  • Graphics & music8% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 生活＋ 市民＋ 子供＋ 一般人＋ 攻略＋ 現実＋ 兵士＋ 価値− waste− screen− move− crashes− half− clicking− chance− boring

Counted from 376 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 rating93.8%All time, all languages · 97,983 reviews
Adjusted rating93.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 93.4%–93.9%), −0.2pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews85.8%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−8.0pt vs overall) · 536 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 review5%18%
Very short text37%15%
Key activated outside Steam19%20%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games9%4%
Over 100 reviews written5%8%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.780.81

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 16.8 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 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 2014-11: +1,904 / −70 2014-12: +1,814 / −62 2015-01: +928 / −32 2015-02: +319 / −15 2015-03: +545 / −20 2015-04: +576 / −28 2015-05: +230 / −5 2015-06: +902 / −44 2015-07: +344 / −27 2015-08: +321 / −42 2015-09: +191 / −5 2015-10: +725 / −40 2015-11: +512 / −27 2015-12: +615 / −28 2016-01: +584 / −31 2016-02: +668 / −33 2016-03: +285 / −20 2016-04: +187 / −11 2016-05: +209 / −5 2016-06: +944 / −73 2016-07: +678 / −37 2016-08: +224 / −13 2016-09: +828 / −77 2016-10: +291 / −36 2016-11: +3,442 / −44 2016-12: +1,008 / −62 2017-01: +776 / −40 2017-02: +344 / −22 2017-03: +260 / −16 2017-04: +232 / −18 2017-05: +213 / −16 2017-06: +1,523 / −98 2017-07: +897 / −47 2017-08: +345 / −19 2017-09: +267 / −10 2017-10: +407 / −28 2017-11: +5,752 / −178 2017-12: +802 / −50 2018-01: +537 / −39 2018-02: +307 / −24 2018-03: +267 / −26 2018-04: +814 / −76 2018-05: +340 / −36 2018-06: +357 / −29 2018-07: +503 / −54 2018-08: +224 / −21 2018-09: +160 / −23 2018-10: +383 / −57 2018-11: +2,151 / −86 2018-12: +325 / −45 2019-01: +247 / −38 2019-02: +238 / −26 2019-03: +253 / −29 2019-04: +140 / −23 2019-05: +251 / −35 2019-06: +651 / −37 2019-07: +626 / −38 2019-08: +408 / −66 2019-09: +113 / −20 2019-10: +267 / −52 2019-11: +2,218 / −76 2019-12: +1,152 / −51 2020-01: +776 / −34 2020-02: +716 / −35 2020-03: +836 / −41 2020-04: +720 / −37 2020-05: +417 / −28 2020-06: +1,249 / −90 2020-07: +676 / −56 2020-08: +452 / −27 2020-09: +346 / −22 2020-10: +334 / −24 2020-11: +1,140 / −63 2020-12: +816 / −54 2021-01: +599 / −31 2021-02: +476 / −26 2021-03: +364 / −19 2021-04: +544 / −48 2021-05: +440 / −29 2021-06: +1,190 / −84 2021-07: +688 / −47 2021-08: +461 / −32 2021-09: +379 / −20 2021-10: +920 / −70 2021-11: +642 / −45 2021-12: +733 / −52 2022-01: +512 / −17 2022-02: +5,316 / −883 2022-03: +1,851 / −813 2022-04: +602 / −140 2022-05: +400 / −52 2022-06: +536 / −51 2022-07: +525 / −44 2022-08: +489 / −49 2022-09: +306 / −18 2022-10: +505 / −57 2022-11: +591 / −39 2022-12: +747 / −56 2023-01: +456 / −34 2023-02: +330 / −21 2023-03: +406 / −33 2023-04: +311 / −26 2023-05: +243 / −21 2023-06: +350 / −33 2023-07: +410 / −31 2023-08: +282 / −18 2023-09: +356 / −36 2023-10: +336 / −42 2023-11: +434 / −40 2023-12: +398 / −31 2024-01: +444 / −42 2024-02: +364 / −30 2024-03: +320 / −38 2024-04: +240 / −33 2024-05: +295 / −35 2024-06: +309 / −36 2024-07: +340 / −29 2024-08: +644 / −63 2024-09: +353 / −46 2024-10: +288 / −28 2024-11: +381 / −45 2024-12: +506 / −75 2025-01: +448 / −48 2025-02: +372 / −28 2025-03: +401 / −48 2025-04: +243 / −29 2025-05: +255 / −30 2025-06: +690 / −81 2025-07: +410 / −50 2025-08: +329 / −40 2025-09: +227 / −27 2025-10: +260 / −35 2025-11: +639 / −38 2025-12: +372 / −36 2026-01: +260 / −25 2026-02: +193 / −29 2026-03: +292 / −38 2026-04: +179 / −27 2026-05: +205 / −30 2026-06: +167 / −22 2026-07: +209 / −22 2026-08: +198 / −28 2026-09: +193 / −28 2026-10: +143 / −20 2014/112015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 92.3% 2023-11: update2024-12: update 2014-11: 96.5%2014-12: 96.7%2015-01: 96.7%2015-02: 95.5%2015-03: 96.5%2015-04: 95.4%2015-05: 97.9%2015-06: 95.3%2015-07: 92.7%2015-08: 88.4%2015-09: 97.4%2015-10: 94.8%2015-11: 95.0%2015-12: 95.6%2016-01: 95.0%2016-02: 95.3%2016-03: 93.4%2016-04: 94.4%2016-05: 97.7%2016-06: 92.8%2016-07: 94.8%2016-08: 94.5%2016-09: 91.5%2016-10: 89.0%2016-11: 98.7%2016-12: 94.2%2017-01: 95.1%2017-02: 94.0%2017-03: 94.2%2017-04: 92.8%2017-05: 93.0%2017-06: 94.0%2017-07: 95.0%2017-08: 94.8%2017-09: 96.4%2017-10: 93.6%2017-11: 97.0%2017-12: 94.1%2018-01: 93.2%2018-02: 92.7%2018-03: 91.1%2018-04: 91.5%2018-05: 90.4%2018-06: 92.5%2018-07: 90.3%2018-08: 91.4%2018-09: 87.4%2018-10: 87.0%2018-11: 96.2%2018-12: 87.8%2019-01: 86.7%2019-02: 90.2%2019-03: 89.7%2019-04: 85.9%2019-05: 87.8%2019-06: 94.6%2019-07: 94.3%2019-08: 86.1%2019-09: 85.0%2019-10: 83.7%2019-11: 96.7%2019-12: 95.8%2020-01: 95.8%2020-02: 95.3%2020-03: 95.3%2020-04: 95.1%2020-05: 93.7%2020-06: 93.3%2020-07: 92.3%2020-08: 94.4%2020-09: 94.0%2020-10: 93.3%2020-11: 94.8%2020-12: 93.8%2021-01: 95.1%2021-02: 94.8%2021-03: 95.0%2021-04: 91.9%2021-05: 93.8%2021-06: 93.4%2021-07: 93.6%2021-08: 93.5%2021-09: 95.0%2021-10: 92.9%2021-11: 93.4%2021-12: 93.4%2022-01: 96.8%2022-02: 85.8%2022-03: 69.5%2022-04: 81.1%2022-05: 88.5%2022-06: 91.3%2022-07: 92.3%2022-08: 90.9%2022-09: 94.4%2022-10: 89.9%2022-11: 93.8%2022-12: 93.0%2023-01: 93.1%2023-02: 94.0%2023-03: 92.5%2023-04: 92.3%2023-05: 92.0%2023-06: 91.4%2023-07: 93.0%2023-08: 94.0%2023-09: 90.8%2023-10: 88.9%2023-11: 91.6%2023-12: 92.8%2024-01: 91.4%2024-02: 92.4%2024-03: 89.4%2024-04: 87.9%2024-05: 89.4%2024-06: 89.6%2024-07: 92.1%2024-08: 91.1%2024-09: 88.5%2024-10: 91.1%2024-11: 89.4%2024-12: 87.1%2025-01: 90.3%2025-02: 93.0%2025-03: 89.3%2025-04: 89.3%2025-05: 89.5%2025-06: 89.5%2025-07: 89.1%2025-08: 89.2%2025-09: 89.4%2025-10: 88.1%2025-11: 94.4%2025-12: 91.2%2026-01: 91.2%2026-02: 86.9%2026-03: 88.5%2026-04: 86.9%2026-05: 87.2%2026-06: 88.4%2026-07: 90.5%2026-08: 87.6%2026-09: 87.3%2026-10: 87.7% 2014/112015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2024-12-09 Forget Celebrations Charity DLC Update 90% → 92% (+1.4pt)
2023-11-08 The Invincible is out now! 90% → 92% (+2.1pt)

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 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +12 / −2 2026-09-20: +9 / −0 2026-09-21: +5 / −0 2026-09-22: +5 / −2 2026-09-23: +9 / −2 2026-09-24: +7 / −0 2026-09-25: +4 / −0 2026-09-26: +2 / −1 2026-09-27: +6 / −0 2026-09-28: +10 / −1 2026-09-29: +2 / −1 2026-09-30: +2 / −2 2026-10-01: +6 / −0 2026-10-02: +8 / −3 2026-10-03: +10 / −1 2026-10-04: +12 / −1 2026-10-05: +13 / −0 2026-10-06: +9 / −1 2026-10-07: +11 / −0 2026-10-08: +3 / −2 2026-10-09: +7 / −1 2026-10-10: +7 / −1 2026-10-11: +9 / −4 2026-10-12: +3 / −2 2026-10-13: +6 / −0 2026-10-14: +6 / −1 2026-10-15: +13 / −2 2026-10-16: +9 / −0 2026-10-17: +3 / −1 2026-10-18: +8 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2014-111,9047096.5%
2014-121,8146296.7%
2015-019283296.7%
2015-023191595.5%
2015-035452096.5%
2015-045762895.4%
2015-05230597.9%
2015-069024495.3%
2015-073442792.7%
2015-083214288.4%
2015-09191597.4%
2015-107254094.8%
2015-115122795.0%
2015-126152895.6%
2016-015843195.0%
2016-026683395.3%
2016-032852093.4%
2016-041871194.4%
2016-05209597.7%
2016-069447392.8%
2016-076783794.8%
2016-082241394.5%
2016-098287791.5%
2016-102913689.0%
2016-113,4424498.7%
2016-121,0086294.2%
2017-017764095.1%
2017-023442294.0%
2017-032601694.2%
2017-042321892.8%
2017-052131693.0%
2017-061,5239894.0%
2017-078974795.0%
2017-083451994.8%
2017-092671096.4%
2017-104072893.6%
2017-115,75217897.0%
2017-128025094.1%
2018-015373993.2%
2018-023072492.7%
2018-032672691.1%
2018-048147691.5%
2018-053403690.4%
2018-063572992.5%
2018-075035490.3%
2018-082242191.4%
2018-091602387.4%
2018-103835787.0%
2018-112,1518696.2%
2018-123254587.8%
2019-012473886.7%
2019-022382690.2%
2019-032532989.7%
2019-041402385.9%
2019-052513587.8%
2019-066513794.6%
2019-076263894.3%
2019-084086686.1%
2019-091132085.0%
2019-102675283.7%
2019-112,2187696.7%
2019-121,1525195.8%
2020-017763495.8%
2020-027163595.3%
2020-038364195.3%
2020-047203795.1%
2020-054172893.7%
2020-061,2499093.3%
2020-076765692.3%
2020-084522794.4%
2020-093462294.0%
2020-103342493.3%
2020-111,1406394.8%
2020-128165493.8%
2021-015993195.1%
2021-024762694.8%
2021-033641995.0%
2021-045444891.9%
2021-054402993.8%
2021-061,1908493.4%
2021-076884793.6%
2021-084613293.5%
2021-093792095.0%
2021-109207092.9%
2021-116424593.4%
2021-127335293.4%
2022-015121796.8%
2022-025,31688385.8%
2022-031,85181369.5%
2022-0460214081.1%
2022-054005288.5%
2022-065365191.3%
2022-075254492.3%
2022-084894990.9%
2022-093061894.4%
2022-105055789.9%
2022-115913993.8%
2022-127475693.0%
2023-014563493.1%
2023-023302194.0%
2023-034063392.5%
2023-043112692.3%
2023-052432192.0%
2023-063503391.4%
2023-074103193.0%
2023-082821894.0%
2023-093563690.8%
2023-103364288.9%
2023-114344091.6%
2023-123983192.8%
2024-014444291.4%
2024-023643092.4%
2024-033203889.4%
2024-042403387.9%
2024-052953589.4%
2024-063093689.6%
2024-073402992.1%
2024-086446391.1%
2024-093534688.5%
2024-102882891.1%
2024-113814589.4%
2024-125067587.1%
2025-014484890.3%
2025-023722893.0%
2025-034014889.3%
2025-042432989.3%
2025-052553089.5%
2025-066908189.5%
2025-074105089.1%
2025-083294089.2%
2025-092272789.4%
2025-102603588.1%
2025-116393894.4%
2025-123723691.2%
2026-012602591.2%
2026-021932986.9%
2026-032923888.5%
2026-041792786.9%
2026-052053087.2%
2026-061672288.4%
2026-072092290.5%
2026-081982887.6%
2026-091932887.3%
2026-101432087.7%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19122
2026-09-2090
2026-09-2150
2026-09-2252
2026-09-2392
2026-09-2470
2026-09-2540
2026-09-2621
2026-09-2760
2026-09-28101
2026-09-2921
2026-09-3022
2026-10-0160
2026-10-0283
2026-10-03101
2026-10-04121
2026-10-05130
2026-10-0691
2026-10-07110
2026-10-0832
2026-10-0971
2026-10-1071
2026-10-1194
2026-10-1232
2026-10-1360
2026-10-1461
2026-10-15132
2026-10-1690
2026-10-1731
2026-10-1880
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days86.5%296
Last 180 days88.4%1,585
All time93.8%97,983
Japanese, last 180 days78.6%14
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