Can you trust METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 91.3%

Release date: 2015年9月1日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
91.8%
108,701 reviews
Adjusted rating
91.3%
95% range 91.1%–91.6%
vs official −0.4pt
Japanese-language reviews
70.7%
1,048 reviews
vs overall −21.1pt

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

Summary

The adjusted rating for METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN is 91.3% (95% range 91.1–91.6%), in line with the official 91.8% 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).

Japanese-language reviews alone show 70.7% (1,048 reviews, 95% range 67.9–73.4%), 21.1 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 61.5%.

Positive reviews average 0.79 in trust and negative ones 0.83; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (33% overall).

The monthly history (134 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.

The last 180 days show 89.0% (last 30 days: 92.6%), close to the all-time figure.

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 review1%8%
Very short text34%19%
Key activated outside Steam23%27%
Received for free2%0%
Owns very few games10%2%
Over 100 reviews written5%10%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.790.83

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 60.4 hours.

Rating history

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

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 2015-09: +6,832 / −787 2015-10: +1,013 / −239 2015-11: +524 / −121 2015-12: +587 / −116 2016-01: +924 / −144 2016-02: +478 / −71 2016-03: +309 / −55 2016-04: +238 / −37 2016-05: +437 / −57 2016-06: +503 / −66 2016-07: +463 / −69 2016-08: +360 / −41 2016-09: +257 / −27 2016-10: +203 / −35 2016-11: +1,992 / −75 2016-12: +427 / −45 2017-01: +424 / −76 2017-02: +259 / −43 2017-03: +215 / −29 2017-04: +186 / −20 2017-05: +184 / −12 2017-06: +328 / −39 2017-07: +352 / −44 2017-08: +251 / −37 2017-09: +190 / −35 2017-10: +221 / −36 2017-11: +986 / −53 2017-12: +262 / −42 2018-01: +286 / −43 2018-02: +235 / −29 2018-03: +203 / −53 2018-04: +149 / −18 2018-05: +128 / −11 2018-06: +209 / −37 2018-07: +264 / −49 2018-08: +183 / −27 2018-09: +150 / −28 2018-10: +121 / −17 2018-11: +666 / −30 2018-12: +171 / −26 2019-01: +139 / −22 2019-02: +144 / −21 2019-03: +107 / −14 2019-04: +94 / −17 2019-05: +96 / −16 2019-06: +728 / −29 2019-07: +844 / −43 2019-08: +112 / −21 2019-09: +99 / −17 2019-10: +155 / −15 2019-11: +759 / −28 2019-12: +768 / −37 2020-01: +502 / −36 2020-02: +320 / −25 2020-03: +333 / −33 2020-04: +400 / −31 2020-05: +1,266 / −126 2020-06: +713 / −67 2020-07: +1,390 / −103 2020-08: +641 / −66 2020-09: +564 / −48 2020-10: +562 / −44 2020-11: +674 / −48 2020-12: +946 / −70 2021-01: +855 / −56 2021-02: +599 / −55 2021-03: +501 / −39 2021-04: +457 / −31 2021-05: +1,002 / −95 2021-06: +566 / −56 2021-07: +801 / −57 2021-08: +478 / −38 2021-09: +460 / −47 2021-10: +843 / −69 2021-11: +698 / −48 2021-12: +791 / −57 2022-01: +767 / −72 2022-02: +568 / −51 2022-03: +453 / −33 2022-04: +392 / −43 2022-05: +393 / −33 2022-06: +881 / −67 2022-07: +900 / −79 2022-08: +528 / −55 2022-09: +619 / −61 2022-10: +418 / −27 2022-11: +608 / −39 2022-12: +719 / −56 2023-01: +678 / −54 2023-02: +410 / −30 2023-03: +543 / −46 2023-04: +482 / −47 2023-05: +676 / −49 2023-06: +530 / −42 2023-07: +537 / −40 2023-08: +421 / −33 2023-09: +346 / −24 2023-10: +338 / −24 2023-11: +499 / −46 2023-12: +481 / −35 2024-01: +502 / −47 2024-02: +525 / −35 2024-03: +530 / −29 2024-04: +444 / −31 2024-05: +473 / −35 2024-06: +387 / −27 2024-07: +463 / −34 2024-08: +493 / −43 2024-09: +767 / −52 2024-10: +753 / −52 2024-11: +490 / −34 2024-12: +602 / −32 2025-01: +621 / −35 2025-02: +568 / −34 2025-03: +589 / −44 2025-04: +411 / −36 2025-05: +444 / −22 2025-06: +770 / −64 2025-07: +678 / −43 2025-08: +581 / −47 2025-09: +743 / −72 2025-10: +511 / −30 2025-11: +382 / −33 2025-12: +345 / −16 2026-01: +385 / −34 2026-02: +339 / −28 2026-03: +352 / −27 2026-04: +310 / −23 2026-05: +289 / −20 2026-06: +273 / −73 2026-07: +466 / −47 2026-08: +355 / −56 2026-09: +509 / −57 2026-10: +185 / −17 2015/092016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 91.4% 2015-09: 89.7%2015-10: 80.9%2015-11: 81.2%2015-12: 83.5%2016-01: 86.5%2016-02: 87.1%2016-03: 84.9%2016-04: 86.5%2016-05: 88.5%2016-06: 88.4%2016-07: 87.0%2016-08: 89.8%2016-09: 90.5%2016-10: 85.3%2016-11: 96.4%2016-12: 90.5%2017-01: 84.8%2017-02: 85.8%2017-03: 88.1%2017-04: 90.3%2017-05: 93.9%2017-06: 89.4%2017-07: 88.9%2017-08: 87.2%2017-09: 84.4%2017-10: 86.0%2017-11: 94.9%2017-12: 86.2%2018-01: 86.9%2018-02: 89.0%2018-03: 79.3%2018-04: 89.2%2018-05: 92.1%2018-06: 85.0%2018-07: 84.3%2018-08: 87.1%2018-09: 84.3%2018-10: 87.7%2018-11: 95.7%2018-12: 86.8%2019-01: 86.3%2019-02: 87.3%2019-03: 88.4%2019-04: 84.7%2019-05: 85.7%2019-06: 96.2%2019-07: 95.2%2019-08: 84.2%2019-09: 85.3%2019-10: 91.2%2019-11: 96.4%2019-12: 95.4%2020-01: 93.3%2020-02: 92.8%2020-03: 91.0%2020-04: 92.8%2020-05: 90.9%2020-06: 91.4%2020-07: 93.1%2020-08: 90.7%2020-09: 92.2%2020-10: 92.7%2020-11: 93.4%2020-12: 93.1%2021-01: 93.9%2021-02: 91.6%2021-03: 92.8%2021-04: 93.6%2021-05: 91.3%2021-06: 91.0%2021-07: 93.4%2021-08: 92.6%2021-09: 90.7%2021-10: 92.4%2021-11: 93.6%2021-12: 93.3%2022-01: 91.4%2022-02: 91.8%2022-03: 93.2%2022-04: 90.1%2022-05: 92.3%2022-06: 92.9%2022-07: 91.9%2022-08: 90.6%2022-09: 91.0%2022-10: 93.9%2022-11: 94.0%2022-12: 92.8%2023-01: 92.6%2023-02: 93.2%2023-03: 92.2%2023-04: 91.1%2023-05: 93.2%2023-06: 92.7%2023-07: 93.1%2023-08: 92.7%2023-09: 93.5%2023-10: 93.4%2023-11: 91.6%2023-12: 93.2%2024-01: 91.4%2024-02: 93.8%2024-03: 94.8%2024-04: 93.5%2024-05: 93.1%2024-06: 93.5%2024-07: 93.2%2024-08: 92.0%2024-09: 93.7%2024-10: 93.5%2024-11: 93.5%2024-12: 95.0%2025-01: 94.7%2025-02: 94.4%2025-03: 93.0%2025-04: 91.9%2025-05: 95.3%2025-06: 92.3%2025-07: 94.0%2025-08: 92.5%2025-09: 91.2%2025-10: 94.5%2025-11: 92.0%2025-12: 95.6%2026-01: 91.9%2026-02: 92.4%2026-03: 92.9%2026-04: 93.1%2026-05: 93.5%2026-06: 78.9%2026-07: 90.8%2026-08: 86.4%2026-09: 89.9%2026-10: 91.6% 2015/092016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 10 20 30 2026-09-13: +15 / −1 2026-09-14: +28 / −0 2026-09-15: +12 / −1 2026-09-16: +23 / −0 2026-09-17: +24 / −1 2026-09-18: +18 / −2 2026-09-19: +12 / −0 2026-09-20: +16 / −4 2026-09-21: +22 / −0 2026-09-22: +17 / −2 2026-09-23: +18 / −3 2026-09-24: +15 / −3 2026-09-25: +20 / −2 2026-09-26: +14 / −3 2026-09-27: +11 / −1 2026-09-28: +20 / −3 2026-09-29: +8 / −1 2026-09-30: +19 / −1 2026-10-01: +8 / −2 2026-10-02: +12 / −0 2026-10-03: +21 / −2 2026-10-04: +16 / −4 2026-10-05: +12 / −2 2026-10-06: +15 / −1 2026-10-07: +20 / −1 2026-10-08: +13 / −0 2026-10-09: +22 / −3 2026-10-10: +21 / −1 2026-10-11: +18 / −1 2026-10-12: +7 / −0 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days92.6%698
Last 180 days89.0%3,195
All time91.8%108,701
Japanese, last 180 days61.5%39

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