FINAL FANTASY XIII
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How do players who really played FINAL FANTASY XIII rate it? TrueGG Rating 74.7%

Release date: Oct 9, 2014 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as 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 who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
74.7%
± 0.3 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 550 reviews

TrueGG, all time
80.5%
Steam overall
75.0%
Japanese, all time
70.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 9.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 44.4%.

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 (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 h34%351–2 h42%192–5 h76%715–10 h73%9810–20 h69%11620–50 h69%24450–100 h78%234100–200 h83%58200+ h93%14Positive share by playtime0–1 h3534%1–2 h1942%2–5 h7176%5–10 h9873%10–20 h11669%20–50 h24469%50–100 h23478%100–200 h5883%200+ h1493%

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%100.0%35
1–2 h42.1%—19
2–5 h76.1%—71
5–10 h73.5%0.0%98
10–20 h69.0%0.0%116
20–50 h68.9%50.0%244
50–100 h77.8%90.9%234
100–200 h82.8%100.0%58
200+ h92.9%100.0%14

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 54% had 20+ hours and 7% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

FINAL FANTASY XIII has a TrueGG Rating of 74.7%: the positive share among 550 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 75.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 80.5%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 9% of the total, and only 44% 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 (more than at launch), boredom (more than at launch), and updates and the developers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 70.3%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (74.5% 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, Movement & pacing, Grind). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you. 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 & bugs21% of negative reviews (8% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · more than at launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Boring / repetitive19% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch
  • Updates & developers12% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing12% of negative reviews (9% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · more than at launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Grind10% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel37% of positive reviews (22% of negative)
＋ underrated＋ satisfying＋ 最高＋ 強敵＋ 独特＋ perfect＋ 戦略＋ バトルシステム− terrible− garbage− unplayable− awful− course− sucks− literally− button

Counted from 571 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 rating75.0%All time, all languages · 20,075 reviews
Adjusted rating74.5%Weighted by trust (95% range 73.9%–75.2%), −0.5pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews59.6%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−15.4pt vs overall) · 671 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 review4%14%
Very short text26%8%
Key activated outside Steam16%20%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games12%7%
Over 100 reviews written7%10%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.820.84

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 39.4 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 2014-10: +1,226 / −508 2014-11: +254 / −78 2014-12: +325 / −59 2015-01: +268 / −94 2015-02: +175 / −66 2015-03: +102 / −42 2015-04: +79 / −29 2015-05: +59 / −17 2015-06: +153 / −53 2015-07: +86 / −49 2015-08: +86 / −43 2015-09: +53 / −21 2015-10: +52 / −17 2015-11: +47 / −21 2015-12: +138 / −60 2016-01: +166 / −54 2016-02: +73 / −29 2016-03: +143 / −52 2016-04: +66 / −36 2016-05: +66 / −16 2016-06: +81 / −41 2016-07: +71 / −34 2016-08: +38 / −27 2016-09: +44 / −13 2016-10: +33 / −17 2016-11: +186 / −32 2016-12: +71 / −42 2017-01: +89 / −38 2017-02: +91 / −41 2017-03: +60 / −22 2017-04: +33 / −13 2017-05: +26 / −15 2017-06: +53 / −28 2017-07: +63 / −35 2017-08: +35 / −15 2017-09: +36 / −11 2017-10: +22 / −13 2017-11: +104 / −19 2017-12: +49 / −13 2018-01: +50 / −26 2018-02: +42 / −24 2018-03: +54 / −30 2018-04: +30 / −17 2018-05: +23 / −14 2018-06: +27 / −18 2018-07: +32 / −26 2018-08: +26 / −13 2018-09: +22 / −13 2018-10: +26 / −10 2018-11: +67 / −11 2018-12: +30 / −16 2019-01: +25 / −19 2019-02: +37 / −26 2019-03: +29 / −28 2019-04: +23 / −8 2019-05: +29 / −21 2019-06: +89 / −23 2019-07: +81 / −27 2019-08: +17 / −7 2019-09: +19 / −16 2019-10: +24 / −10 2019-11: +80 / −15 2019-12: +93 / −28 2020-01: +89 / −17 2020-02: +65 / −16 2020-03: +130 / −29 2020-04: +114 / −42 2020-05: +150 / −42 2020-06: +106 / −25 2020-07: +113 / −32 2020-08: +64 / −23 2020-09: +81 / −17 2020-10: +92 / −22 2020-11: +84 / −19 2020-12: +90 / −21 2021-01: +116 / −28 2021-02: +73 / −16 2021-03: +126 / −45 2021-04: +134 / −32 2021-05: +111 / −42 2021-06: +103 / −20 2021-07: +108 / −39 2021-08: +111 / −32 2021-09: +77 / −14 2021-10: +105 / −37 2021-11: +75 / −15 2021-12: +77 / −32 2022-01: +77 / −26 2022-02: +68 / −25 2022-03: +68 / −20 2022-04: +67 / −17 2022-05: +73 / −25 2022-06: +67 / −34 2022-07: +79 / −30 2022-08: +62 / −14 2022-09: +55 / −14 2022-10: +60 / −21 2022-11: +66 / −14 2022-12: +60 / −23 2023-01: +117 / −32 2023-02: +51 / −14 2023-03: +82 / −33 2023-04: +82 / −22 2023-05: +65 / −24 2023-06: +66 / −23 2023-07: +109 / −32 2023-08: +75 / −20 2023-09: +63 / −19 2023-10: +59 / −20 2023-11: +63 / −17 2023-12: +92 / −18 2024-01: +86 / −25 2024-02: +97 / −18 2024-03: +93 / −29 2024-04: +66 / −33 2024-05: +93 / −28 2024-06: +57 / −22 2024-07: +94 / −24 2024-08: +70 / −37 2024-09: +81 / −21 2024-10: +85 / −27 2024-11: +62 / −13 2024-12: +85 / −33 2025-01: +112 / −28 2025-02: +78 / −19 2025-03: +72 / −28 2025-04: +70 / −24 2025-05: +89 / −42 2025-06: +78 / −23 2025-07: +106 / −44 2025-08: +91 / −38 2025-09: +85 / −26 2025-10: +81 / −28 2025-11: +92 / −34 2025-12: +100 / −32 2026-01: +101 / −31 2026-02: +101 / −24 2026-03: +90 / −32 2026-04: +94 / −32 2026-05: +97 / −38 2026-06: +105 / −30 2026-07: +90 / −40 2026-08: +103 / −45 2026-09: +73 / −27 2026-10: +38 / −17 2014/102015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 74.2% 2014-10: 70.7%2014-11: 76.5%2014-12: 84.6%2015-01: 74.0%2015-02: 72.6%2015-03: 70.8%2015-04: 73.1%2015-05: 77.6%2015-06: 74.3%2015-07: 63.7%2015-08: 66.7%2015-09: 71.6%2015-10: 75.4%2015-11: 69.1%2015-12: 69.7%2016-01: 75.5%2016-02: 71.6%2016-03: 73.3%2016-04: 64.7%2016-05: 80.5%2016-06: 66.4%2016-07: 67.6%2016-08: 58.5%2016-09: 77.2%2016-10: 66.0%2016-11: 85.3%2016-12: 62.8%2017-01: 70.1%2017-02: 68.9%2017-03: 73.2%2017-04: 71.7%2017-05: 63.4%2017-06: 65.4%2017-07: 64.3%2017-08: 70.0%2017-09: 76.6%2017-10: 62.9%2017-11: 84.6%2017-12: 79.0%2018-01: 65.8%2018-02: 63.6%2018-03: 64.3%2018-04: 63.8%2018-05: 62.2%2018-06: 60.0%2018-07: 55.2%2018-08: 66.7%2018-09: 62.9%2018-10: 72.2%2018-11: 85.9%2018-12: 65.2%2019-01: 56.8%2019-02: 58.7%2019-03: 50.9%2019-04: 74.2%2019-05: 58.0%2019-06: 79.5%2019-07: 75.0%2019-09: 54.3%2019-10: 70.6%2019-11: 84.2%2019-12: 76.9%2020-01: 84.0%2020-02: 80.2%2020-03: 81.8%2020-04: 73.1%2020-05: 78.1%2020-06: 80.9%2020-07: 77.9%2020-08: 73.6%2020-09: 82.7%2020-10: 80.7%2020-11: 81.6%2020-12: 81.1%2021-01: 80.6%2021-02: 82.0%2021-03: 73.7%2021-04: 80.7%2021-05: 72.5%2021-06: 83.7%2021-07: 73.5%2021-08: 77.6%2021-09: 84.6%2021-10: 73.9%2021-11: 83.3%2021-12: 70.6%2022-01: 74.8%2022-02: 73.1%2022-03: 77.3%2022-04: 79.8%2022-05: 74.5%2022-06: 66.3%2022-07: 72.5%2022-08: 81.6%2022-09: 79.7%2022-10: 74.1%2022-11: 82.5%2022-12: 72.3%2023-01: 78.5%2023-02: 78.5%2023-03: 71.3%2023-04: 78.8%2023-05: 73.0%2023-06: 74.2%2023-07: 77.3%2023-08: 78.9%2023-09: 76.8%2023-10: 74.7%2023-11: 78.8%2023-12: 83.6%2024-01: 77.5%2024-02: 84.3%2024-03: 76.2%2024-04: 66.7%2024-05: 76.9%2024-06: 72.2%2024-07: 79.7%2024-08: 65.4%2024-09: 79.4%2024-10: 75.9%2024-11: 82.7%2024-12: 72.0%2025-01: 80.0%2025-02: 80.4%2025-03: 72.0%2025-04: 74.5%2025-05: 67.9%2025-06: 77.2%2025-07: 70.7%2025-08: 70.5%2025-09: 76.6%2025-10: 74.3%2025-11: 73.0%2025-12: 75.8%2026-01: 76.5%2026-02: 80.8%2026-03: 73.8%2026-04: 74.6%2026-05: 71.9%2026-06: 77.8%2026-07: 69.2%2026-08: 69.6%2026-09: 73.0%2026-10: 69.1% 2014/102015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 2 4 6 8 2026-09-19: +1 / −0 2026-09-20: +6 / −1 2026-09-21: +1 / −1 2026-09-22: +5 / −0 2026-09-23: +3 / −0 2026-09-24: +1 / −0 2026-09-25: +1 / −1 2026-09-26: +4 / −0 2026-09-27: +4 / −1 2026-09-28: +2 / −1 2026-09-29: +3 / −3 2026-09-30: +5 / −0 2026-10-01: +1 / −1 2026-10-02: +3 / −3 2026-10-03: +1 / −2 2026-10-04: +3 / −1 2026-10-05: +3 / −1 2026-10-06: +1 / −0 2026-10-07: +0 / −0 2026-10-08: +5 / −0 2026-10-09: +3 / −1 2026-10-10: +3 / −0 2026-10-11: +2 / −2 2026-10-12: +5 / −0 2026-10-13: +2 / −0 2026-10-14: +1 / −2 2026-10-15: +0 / −0 2026-10-16: +1 / −0 2026-10-17: +4 / −1 2026-10-18: +0 / −3 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2014-101,22650870.7%
2014-112547876.5%
2014-123255984.6%
2015-012689474.0%
2015-021756672.6%
2015-031024270.8%
2015-04792973.1%
2015-05591777.6%
2015-061535374.3%
2015-07864963.7%
2015-08864366.7%
2015-09532171.6%
2015-10521775.4%
2015-11472169.1%
2015-121386069.7%
2016-011665475.5%
2016-02732971.6%
2016-031435273.3%
2016-04663664.7%
2016-05661680.5%
2016-06814166.4%
2016-07713467.6%
2016-08382758.5%
2016-09441377.2%
2016-10331766.0%
2016-111863285.3%
2016-12714262.8%
2017-01893870.1%
2017-02914168.9%
2017-03602273.2%
2017-04331371.7%
2017-05261563.4%
2017-06532865.4%
2017-07633564.3%
2017-08351570.0%
2017-09361176.6%
2017-10221362.9%
2017-111041984.6%
2017-12491379.0%
2018-01502665.8%
2018-02422463.6%
2018-03543064.3%
2018-04301763.8%
2018-05231462.2%
2018-06271860.0%
2018-07322655.2%
2018-08261366.7%
2018-09221362.9%
2018-10261072.2%
2018-11671185.9%
2018-12301665.2%
2019-01251956.8%
2019-02372658.7%
2019-03292850.9%
2019-0423874.2%
2019-05292158.0%
2019-06892379.5%
2019-07812775.0%
2019-0817770.8%
2019-09191654.3%
2019-10241070.6%
2019-11801584.2%
2019-12932876.9%
2020-01891784.0%
2020-02651680.2%
2020-031302981.8%
2020-041144273.1%
2020-051504278.1%
2020-061062580.9%
2020-071133277.9%
2020-08642373.6%
2020-09811782.7%
2020-10922280.7%
2020-11841981.6%
2020-12902181.1%
2021-011162880.6%
2021-02731682.0%
2021-031264573.7%
2021-041343280.7%
2021-051114272.5%
2021-061032083.7%
2021-071083973.5%
2021-081113277.6%
2021-09771484.6%
2021-101053773.9%
2021-11751583.3%
2021-12773270.6%
2022-01772674.8%
2022-02682573.1%
2022-03682077.3%
2022-04671779.8%
2022-05732574.5%
2022-06673466.3%
2022-07793072.5%
2022-08621481.6%
2022-09551479.7%
2022-10602174.1%
2022-11661482.5%
2022-12602372.3%
2023-011173278.5%
2023-02511478.5%
2023-03823371.3%
2023-04822278.8%
2023-05652473.0%
2023-06662374.2%
2023-071093277.3%
2023-08752078.9%
2023-09631976.8%
2023-10592074.7%
2023-11631778.8%
2023-12921883.6%
2024-01862577.5%
2024-02971884.3%
2024-03932976.2%
2024-04663366.7%
2024-05932876.9%
2024-06572272.2%
2024-07942479.7%
2024-08703765.4%
2024-09812179.4%
2024-10852775.9%
2024-11621382.7%
2024-12853372.0%
2025-011122880.0%
2025-02781980.4%
2025-03722872.0%
2025-04702474.5%
2025-05894267.9%
2025-06782377.2%
2025-071064470.7%
2025-08913870.5%
2025-09852676.6%
2025-10812874.3%
2025-11923473.0%
2025-121003275.8%
2026-011013176.5%
2026-021012480.8%
2026-03903273.8%
2026-04943274.6%
2026-05973871.9%
2026-061053077.8%
2026-07904069.2%
2026-081034569.6%
2026-09732773.0%
2026-10381769.1%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1910
2026-09-2061
2026-09-2111
2026-09-2250
2026-09-2330
2026-09-2410
2026-09-2511
2026-09-2640
2026-09-2741
2026-09-2821
2026-09-2933
2026-09-3050
2026-10-0111
2026-10-0233
2026-10-0312
2026-10-0431
2026-10-0531
2026-10-0610
2026-10-0700
2026-10-0850
2026-10-0931
2026-10-1030
2026-10-1122
2026-10-1250
2026-10-1320
2026-10-1412
2026-10-1500
2026-10-1610
2026-10-1741
2026-10-1803
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days74.8%111
Last 180 days71.7%886
All time75.0%20,075
Japanese, last 180 days69.2%26
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