Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
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How do players who really played Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen rate it? TrueGG Rating 90.0%

Release date: Jan 15, 2016 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 who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who want a brisk pace

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
90.0%
▲ +1.6 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 803 reviews

TrueGG, all time
94.3%
Steam overall
88.4%
Japanese, all time
87.8%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.5% of all reviews. Their positive share is 55.2%.

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 h46%241–2 h50%202–5 h72%905–10 h74%11310–20 h77%12820–50 h81%28950–100 h93%255100–200 h98%169200+ h94%90Positive share by playtime0–1 h2446%1–2 h2050%2–5 h9072%5–10 h11374%10–20 h12877%20–50 h28981%50–100 h25593%100–200 h16998%200+ h9094%

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 h45.8%—24
1–2 h50.0%0.0%20
2–5 h72.2%0.0%90
5–10 h74.3%0.0%113
10–20 h77.3%0.0%128
20–50 h81.3%75.0%289
50–100 h93.3%100.0%255
100–200 h97.6%100.0%169
200+ h94.4%66.7%90

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 66% had 20+ hours and 20% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen has a TrueGG Rating of 90.0%: the positive share among 803 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 88.4%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 94.3%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 5% of the total, and only 55% 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 boredom (less than at launch), pacing (more than at launch), and grind (more than at launch).

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 87.8%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (88.3% 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 the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Movement & pacing, Grind, Controls, UI & camera). 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

  • Boring / repetitive20% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing17% of negative reviews (11% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · more than at launch · 9 positive reviews say it improved
  • Grind17% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · more than at launch
  • Controls, UI & camera16% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players · less than at launch
  • Crashes & bugs10% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ 一部＋ パーティ＋ 従者＋ ドグマ＋ ジョブ＋ 周回＋ レベルアップ＋ 冒険− bandits− awful− impossible− worst− outdated− continue− town− non

Counted from 432 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 rating88.4%All time, all languages · 49,290 reviews
Adjusted rating88.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 87.9%–88.6%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews77.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−10.7pt vs overall) · 593 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%14%
Very short text29%10%
Key activated outside Steam24%28%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games4%2%
Over 100 reviews written6%15%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.810.82

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 33 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 1,000 2,000 3,000 2016-01: +1,823 / −153 2016-02: +451 / −32 2016-03: +195 / −27 2016-04: +180 / −33 2016-05: +95 / −14 2016-06: +140 / −27 2016-07: +191 / −28 2016-08: +240 / −40 2016-09: +113 / −17 2016-10: +91 / −10 2016-11: +667 / −35 2016-12: +266 / −51 2017-01: +187 / −40 2017-02: +126 / −13 2017-03: +129 / −32 2017-04: +135 / −24 2017-05: +108 / −19 2017-06: +181 / −15 2017-07: +203 / −26 2017-08: +211 / −52 2017-09: +117 / −18 2017-10: +219 / −17 2017-11: +380 / −20 2017-12: +163 / −20 2018-01: +383 / −72 2018-02: +197 / −37 2018-03: +94 / −23 2018-04: +77 / −13 2018-05: +92 / −12 2018-06: +149 / −29 2018-07: +136 / −47 2018-08: +82 / −12 2018-09: +54 / −14 2018-10: +297 / −57 2018-11: +313 / −26 2018-12: +139 / −27 2019-01: +108 / −22 2019-02: +95 / −20 2019-03: +85 / −8 2019-04: +92 / −12 2019-05: +87 / −14 2019-06: +345 / −13 2019-07: +439 / −33 2019-08: +120 / −22 2019-09: +72 / −16 2019-10: +94 / −13 2019-11: +316 / −12 2019-12: +347 / −27 2020-01: +275 / −26 2020-02: +340 / −38 2020-03: +218 / −31 2020-04: +324 / −34 2020-05: +323 / −42 2020-06: +226 / −10 2020-07: +472 / −70 2020-08: +226 / −28 2020-09: +511 / −35 2020-10: +353 / −38 2020-11: +287 / −17 2020-12: +346 / −42 2021-01: +300 / −26 2021-02: +174 / −23 2021-03: +188 / −27 2021-04: +296 / −41 2021-05: +335 / −34 2021-06: +271 / −29 2021-07: +257 / −27 2021-08: +178 / −21 2021-09: +159 / −14 2021-10: +146 / −13 2021-11: +232 / −15 2021-12: +224 / −19 2022-01: +235 / −30 2022-02: +151 / −20 2022-03: +213 / −24 2022-04: +140 / −15 2022-05: +231 / −22 2022-06: +1,002 / −126 2022-07: +561 / −80 2022-08: +433 / −45 2022-09: +308 / −42 2022-10: +209 / −30 2022-11: +298 / −31 2022-12: +248 / −29 2023-01: +296 / −37 2023-02: +232 / −25 2023-03: +387 / −46 2023-04: +221 / −21 2023-05: +393 / −37 2023-06: +756 / −104 2023-07: +488 / −65 2023-08: +341 / −49 2023-09: +385 / −50 2023-10: +364 / −41 2023-11: +449 / −42 2023-12: +830 / −137 2024-01: +668 / −283 2024-02: +492 / −70 2024-03: +1,906 / −364 2024-04: +601 / −106 2024-05: +347 / −81 2024-06: +202 / −56 2024-07: +168 / −35 2024-08: +160 / −34 2024-09: +154 / −24 2024-10: +132 / −28 2024-11: +182 / −22 2024-12: +181 / −29 2025-01: +145 / −27 2025-02: +126 / −26 2025-03: +147 / −28 2025-04: +102 / −24 2025-05: +148 / −26 2025-06: +150 / −25 2025-07: +148 / −29 2025-08: +107 / −31 2025-09: +118 / −18 2025-10: +121 / −25 2025-11: +123 / −20 2025-12: +133 / −17 2026-01: +140 / −28 2026-02: +105 / −27 2026-03: +122 / −19 2026-04: +108 / −20 2026-05: +119 / −23 2026-06: +159 / −22 2026-07: +148 / −19 2026-08: +107 / −23 2026-09: +117 / −32 2026-10: +96 / −16 2016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 87.7% 2026-06: update 2016-01: 92.3%2016-02: 93.4%2016-03: 87.8%2016-04: 84.5%2016-05: 87.2%2016-06: 83.8%2016-07: 87.2%2016-08: 85.7%2016-09: 86.9%2016-10: 90.1%2016-11: 95.0%2016-12: 83.9%2017-01: 82.4%2017-02: 90.6%2017-03: 80.1%2017-04: 84.9%2017-05: 85.0%2017-06: 92.3%2017-07: 88.6%2017-08: 80.2%2017-09: 86.7%2017-10: 92.8%2017-11: 95.0%2017-12: 89.1%2018-01: 84.2%2018-02: 84.2%2018-03: 80.3%2018-04: 85.6%2018-05: 88.5%2018-06: 83.7%2018-07: 74.3%2018-08: 87.2%2018-09: 79.4%2018-10: 83.9%2018-11: 92.3%2018-12: 83.7%2019-01: 83.1%2019-02: 82.6%2019-03: 91.4%2019-04: 88.5%2019-05: 86.1%2019-06: 96.4%2019-07: 93.0%2019-08: 84.5%2019-09: 81.8%2019-10: 87.9%2019-11: 96.3%2019-12: 92.8%2020-01: 91.4%2020-02: 89.9%2020-03: 87.6%2020-04: 90.5%2020-05: 88.5%2020-06: 95.8%2020-07: 87.1%2020-08: 89.0%2020-09: 93.6%2020-10: 90.3%2020-11: 94.4%2020-12: 89.2%2021-01: 92.0%2021-02: 88.3%2021-03: 87.4%2021-04: 87.8%2021-05: 90.8%2021-06: 90.3%2021-07: 90.5%2021-08: 89.4%2021-09: 91.9%2021-10: 91.8%2021-11: 93.9%2021-12: 92.2%2022-01: 88.7%2022-02: 88.3%2022-03: 89.9%2022-04: 90.3%2022-05: 91.3%2022-06: 88.8%2022-07: 87.5%2022-08: 90.6%2022-09: 88.0%2022-10: 87.4%2022-11: 90.6%2022-12: 89.5%2023-01: 88.9%2023-02: 90.3%2023-03: 89.4%2023-04: 91.3%2023-05: 91.4%2023-06: 87.9%2023-07: 88.2%2023-08: 87.4%2023-09: 88.5%2023-10: 89.9%2023-11: 91.4%2023-12: 85.8%2024-01: 70.2%2024-02: 87.5%2024-03: 84.0%2024-04: 85.0%2024-05: 81.1%2024-06: 78.3%2024-07: 82.8%2024-08: 82.5%2024-09: 86.5%2024-10: 82.5%2024-11: 89.2%2024-12: 86.2%2025-01: 84.3%2025-02: 82.9%2025-03: 84.0%2025-04: 81.0%2025-05: 85.1%2025-06: 85.7%2025-07: 83.6%2025-08: 77.5%2025-09: 86.8%2025-10: 82.9%2025-11: 86.0%2025-12: 88.7%2026-01: 83.3%2026-02: 79.5%2026-03: 86.5%2026-04: 84.4%2026-05: 83.8%2026-06: 87.8%2026-07: 88.6%2026-08: 82.3%2026-09: 78.5%2026-10: 85.7% 2016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2026-06-10 The first of two major title updates arrives to enhance your DD2 experience! 84% → 86% (+1.8pt)

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 2026-09-20: +7 / −2 2026-09-21: +4 / −0 2026-09-22: +4 / −0 2026-09-23: +5 / −0 2026-09-24: +3 / −1 2026-09-25: +3 / −0 2026-09-26: +4 / −1 2026-09-27: +5 / −0 2026-09-28: +0 / −1 2026-09-29: +7 / −3 2026-09-30: +1 / −0 2026-10-01: +4 / −1 2026-10-02: +4 / −1 2026-10-03: +8 / −1 2026-10-04: +7 / −1 2026-10-05: +4 / −1 2026-10-06: +4 / −1 2026-10-07: +3 / −0 2026-10-08: +5 / −1 2026-10-09: +8 / −0 2026-10-10: +3 / −1 2026-10-11: +5 / −2 2026-10-12: +8 / −0 2026-10-13: +8 / −1 2026-10-14: +6 / −1 2026-10-15: +2 / −1 2026-10-16: +5 / −0 2026-10-17: +6 / −2 2026-10-18: +6 / −1 2026-10-19: +0 / −0 09/2009/2710/0410/1110/18
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-011,82315392.3%
2016-024513293.4%
2016-031952787.8%
2016-041803384.5%
2016-05951487.2%
2016-061402783.8%
2016-071912887.2%
2016-082404085.7%
2016-091131786.9%
2016-10911090.1%
2016-116673595.0%
2016-122665183.9%
2017-011874082.4%
2017-021261390.6%
2017-031293280.1%
2017-041352484.9%
2017-051081985.0%
2017-061811592.3%
2017-072032688.6%
2017-082115280.2%
2017-091171886.7%
2017-102191792.8%
2017-113802095.0%
2017-121632089.1%
2018-013837284.2%
2018-021973784.2%
2018-03942380.3%
2018-04771385.6%
2018-05921288.5%
2018-061492983.7%
2018-071364774.3%
2018-08821287.2%
2018-09541479.4%
2018-102975783.9%
2018-113132692.3%
2018-121392783.7%
2019-011082283.1%
2019-02952082.6%
2019-0385891.4%
2019-04921288.5%
2019-05871486.1%
2019-063451396.4%
2019-074393393.0%
2019-081202284.5%
2019-09721681.8%
2019-10941387.9%
2019-113161296.3%
2019-123472792.8%
2020-012752691.4%
2020-023403889.9%
2020-032183187.6%
2020-043243490.5%
2020-053234288.5%
2020-062261095.8%
2020-074727087.1%
2020-082262889.0%
2020-095113593.6%
2020-103533890.3%
2020-112871794.4%
2020-123464289.2%
2021-013002692.0%
2021-021742388.3%
2021-031882787.4%
2021-042964187.8%
2021-053353490.8%
2021-062712990.3%
2021-072572790.5%
2021-081782189.4%
2021-091591491.9%
2021-101461391.8%
2021-112321593.9%
2021-122241992.2%
2022-012353088.7%
2022-021512088.3%
2022-032132489.9%
2022-041401590.3%
2022-052312291.3%
2022-061,00212688.8%
2022-075618087.5%
2022-084334590.6%
2022-093084288.0%
2022-102093087.4%
2022-112983190.6%
2022-122482989.5%
2023-012963788.9%
2023-022322590.3%
2023-033874689.4%
2023-042212191.3%
2023-053933791.4%
2023-0675610487.9%
2023-074886588.2%
2023-083414987.4%
2023-093855088.5%
2023-103644189.9%
2023-114494291.4%
2023-1283013785.8%
2024-0166828370.2%
2024-024927087.5%
2024-031,90636484.0%
2024-0460110685.0%
2024-053478181.1%
2024-062025678.3%
2024-071683582.8%
2024-081603482.5%
2024-091542486.5%
2024-101322882.5%
2024-111822289.2%
2024-121812986.2%
2025-011452784.3%
2025-021262682.9%
2025-031472884.0%
2025-041022481.0%
2025-051482685.1%
2025-061502585.7%
2025-071482983.6%
2025-081073177.5%
2025-091181886.8%
2025-101212582.9%
2025-111232086.0%
2025-121331788.7%
2026-011402883.3%
2026-021052779.5%
2026-031221986.5%
2026-041082084.4%
2026-051192383.8%
2026-061592287.8%
2026-071481988.6%
2026-081072382.3%
2026-091173278.5%
2026-10961685.7%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-2072
2026-09-2140
2026-09-2240
2026-09-2350
2026-09-2431
2026-09-2530
2026-09-2641
2026-09-2750
2026-09-2801
2026-09-2973
2026-09-3010
2026-10-0141
2026-10-0241
2026-10-0381
2026-10-0471
2026-10-0541
2026-10-0641
2026-10-0730
2026-10-0851
2026-10-0980
2026-10-1031
2026-10-1152
2026-10-1280
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2026-10-1461
2026-10-1521
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days84.2%209
Last 180 days84.3%1,175
All time88.4%49,290
Japanese, last 180 days68.0%25
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