Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
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How do players who really played Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair rate it? TrueGG Rating 95.3%

Release date: Apr 18, 2016 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.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who want dozens of hours of play

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want a brisk pace

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
95.3%
± 0.5 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 2,084 reviews

TrueGG, all time
96.7%
Steam overall
95.8%
Japanese, all time
93.1%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 2.2% of all reviews. Their positive share is 88.1%.

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 h94%341–2 h82%222–5 h89%1615–10 h89%24510–20 h92%34420–50 h95%1,49250–100 h96%510100–200 h97%77200+ h60%5Positive share by playtime0–1 h3494%1–2 h2282%2–5 h16189%5–10 h24589%10–20 h34492%20–50 h1,49295%50–100 h51096%100–200 h7797%200+ h560%

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 h94.1%—34
1–2 h81.8%100.0%22
2–5 h88.8%—161
5–10 h89.0%100.0%245
10–20 h91.9%—344
20–50 h95.0%93.5%1,492
50–100 h96.3%100.0%510
100–200 h97.4%—77
200+ h60.0%0.0%5

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 72% had 20+ hours and 3% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair has a TrueGG Rating of 95.3%: the positive share among 2,084 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 95.8%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 96.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 2% of the total, with 88% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom and pacing. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 93.1%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (95.3% 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). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive11% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players
  • Movement & pacing8% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel25% of positive reviews (14% of negative)
＋ 無印＋ 個人的＋ 最高＋ amazing＋ 謎解＋ 購入＋ 面白＋ システム− boring− terrible− annoying− actual− you're− they're− text− single

Counted from 339 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 rating95.8%All time, all languages · 33,247 reviews
Adjusted rating95.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 95.2%–95.5%), −0.4pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews91.2%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−4.5pt vs overall) · 444 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%6%
Very short text38%17%
Key activated outside Steam7%6%
Received for free0%2%
Owns very few games18%5%
Over 100 reviews written3%7%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.780.86

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 31.5 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 2016-04: +252 / −2 2016-05: +132 / −3 2016-06: +76 / −2 2016-07: +116 / −4 2016-08: +127 / −4 2016-09: +132 / −7 2016-10: +114 / −4 2016-11: +288 / −0 2016-12: +60 / −1 2017-01: +124 / −3 2017-02: +89 / −2 2017-03: +67 / −1 2017-04: +113 / −5 2017-05: +83 / −1 2017-06: +101 / −6 2017-07: +150 / −2 2017-08: +113 / −3 2017-09: +106 / −4 2017-10: +79 / −2 2017-11: +214 / −2 2017-12: +134 / −5 2018-01: +141 / −7 2018-02: +92 / −5 2018-03: +81 / −1 2018-04: +59 / −6 2018-05: +63 / −0 2018-06: +81 / −0 2018-07: +100 / −6 2018-08: +107 / −8 2018-09: +67 / −1 2018-10: +60 / −4 2018-11: +144 / −6 2018-12: +95 / −5 2019-01: +84 / −7 2019-02: +97 / −2 2019-03: +65 / −5 2019-04: +65 / −4 2019-05: +86 / −4 2019-06: +223 / −5 2019-07: +232 / −14 2019-08: +188 / −15 2019-09: +102 / −3 2019-10: +98 / −1 2019-11: +299 / −3 2019-12: +311 / −10 2020-01: +292 / −12 2020-02: +315 / −9 2020-03: +430 / −11 2020-04: +295 / −6 2020-05: +481 / −14 2020-06: +402 / −15 2020-07: +690 / −17 2020-08: +508 / −15 2020-09: +382 / −12 2020-10: +369 / −17 2020-11: +865 / −12 2020-12: +857 / −27 2021-01: +958 / −21 2021-02: +642 / −20 2021-03: +494 / −36 2021-04: +406 / −15 2021-05: +537 / −23 2021-06: +445 / −17 2021-07: +607 / −35 2021-08: +440 / −19 2021-09: +288 / −15 2021-10: +426 / −13 2021-11: +321 / −16 2021-12: +298 / −14 2022-01: +280 / −10 2022-02: +302 / −9 2022-03: +237 / −10 2022-04: +183 / −13 2022-05: +261 / −14 2022-06: +220 / −17 2022-07: +329 / −13 2022-08: +215 / −18 2022-09: +198 / −14 2022-10: +162 / −7 2022-11: +212 / −11 2022-12: +270 / −10 2023-01: +321 / −16 2023-02: +240 / −11 2023-03: +298 / −13 2023-04: +175 / −13 2023-05: +200 / −9 2023-06: +210 / −5 2023-07: +310 / −15 2023-08: +333 / −17 2023-09: +189 / −10 2023-10: +157 / −4 2023-11: +215 / −7 2023-12: +177 / −11 2024-01: +248 / −11 2024-02: +185 / −13 2024-03: +212 / −11 2024-04: +149 / −10 2024-05: +199 / −11 2024-06: +201 / −3 2024-07: +254 / −14 2024-08: +191 / −8 2024-09: +147 / −4 2024-10: +107 / −7 2024-11: +134 / −6 2024-12: +174 / −8 2025-01: +319 / −20 2025-02: +330 / −19 2025-03: +266 / −15 2025-04: +184 / −15 2025-05: +189 / −16 2025-06: +190 / −17 2025-07: +215 / −10 2025-08: +180 / −10 2025-09: +239 / −15 2025-10: +237 / −7 2025-11: +198 / −10 2025-12: +683 / −58 2026-01: +469 / −30 2026-02: +368 / −26 2026-03: +898 / −72 2026-04: +713 / −55 2026-05: +521 / −43 2026-06: +447 / −20 2026-07: +438 / −32 2026-08: +381 / −25 2026-09: +370 / −18 2026-10: +250 / −20 2016/042017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 95.6% 2016-04: 99.2%2016-05: 97.8%2016-06: 97.4%2016-07: 96.7%2016-08: 96.9%2016-09: 95.0%2016-10: 96.6%2016-11: 100.0%2016-12: 98.4%2017-01: 97.6%2017-02: 97.8%2017-03: 98.5%2017-04: 95.8%2017-05: 98.8%2017-06: 94.4%2017-07: 98.7%2017-08: 97.4%2017-09: 96.4%2017-10: 97.5%2017-11: 99.1%2017-12: 96.4%2018-01: 95.3%2018-02: 94.8%2018-03: 98.8%2018-04: 90.8%2018-05: 100.0%2018-06: 100.0%2018-07: 94.3%2018-08: 93.0%2018-09: 98.5%2018-10: 93.8%2018-11: 96.0%2018-12: 95.0%2019-01: 92.3%2019-02: 98.0%2019-03: 92.9%2019-04: 94.2%2019-05: 95.6%2019-06: 97.8%2019-07: 94.3%2019-08: 92.6%2019-09: 97.1%2019-10: 99.0%2019-11: 99.0%2019-12: 96.9%2020-01: 96.1%2020-02: 97.2%2020-03: 97.5%2020-04: 98.0%2020-05: 97.2%2020-06: 96.4%2020-07: 97.6%2020-08: 97.1%2020-09: 97.0%2020-10: 95.6%2020-11: 98.6%2020-12: 96.9%2021-01: 97.9%2021-02: 97.0%2021-03: 93.2%2021-04: 96.4%2021-05: 95.9%2021-06: 96.3%2021-07: 94.5%2021-08: 95.9%2021-09: 95.0%2021-10: 97.0%2021-11: 95.3%2021-12: 95.5%2022-01: 96.6%2022-02: 97.1%2022-03: 96.0%2022-04: 93.4%2022-05: 94.9%2022-06: 92.8%2022-07: 96.2%2022-08: 92.3%2022-09: 93.4%2022-10: 95.9%2022-11: 95.1%2022-12: 96.4%2023-01: 95.3%2023-02: 95.6%2023-03: 95.8%2023-04: 93.1%2023-05: 95.7%2023-06: 97.7%2023-07: 95.4%2023-08: 95.1%2023-09: 95.0%2023-10: 97.5%2023-11: 96.8%2023-12: 94.1%2024-01: 95.8%2024-02: 93.4%2024-03: 95.1%2024-04: 93.7%2024-05: 94.8%2024-06: 98.5%2024-07: 94.8%2024-08: 96.0%2024-09: 97.4%2024-10: 93.9%2024-11: 95.7%2024-12: 95.6%2025-01: 94.1%2025-02: 94.6%2025-03: 94.7%2025-04: 92.5%2025-05: 92.2%2025-06: 91.8%2025-07: 95.6%2025-08: 94.7%2025-09: 94.1%2025-10: 97.1%2025-11: 95.2%2025-12: 92.2%2026-01: 94.0%2026-02: 93.4%2026-03: 92.6%2026-04: 92.8%2026-05: 92.4%2026-06: 95.7%2026-07: 93.2%2026-08: 93.8%2026-09: 95.4%2026-10: 92.6% 2016/042017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 2026-09-19: +14 / −1 2026-09-20: +23 / −1 2026-09-21: +17 / −2 2026-09-22: +12 / −0 2026-09-23: +11 / −2 2026-09-24: +6 / −1 2026-09-25: +9 / −1 2026-09-26: +12 / −1 2026-09-27: +13 / −0 2026-09-28: +13 / −0 2026-09-29: +11 / −2 2026-09-30: +11 / −0 2026-10-01: +13 / −2 2026-10-02: +15 / −1 2026-10-03: +13 / −0 2026-10-04: +12 / −1 2026-10-05: +9 / −3 2026-10-06: +15 / −1 2026-10-07: +13 / −2 2026-10-08: +13 / −1 2026-10-09: +22 / −0 2026-10-10: +17 / −2 2026-10-11: +19 / −1 2026-10-12: +11 / −3 2026-10-13: +11 / −0 2026-10-14: +16 / −0 2026-10-15: +9 / −2 2026-10-16: +14 / −1 2026-10-17: +16 / −0 2026-10-18: +12 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-04252299.2%
2016-05132397.8%
2016-0676297.4%
2016-07116496.7%
2016-08127496.9%
2016-09132795.0%
2016-10114496.6%
2016-112880100.0%
2016-1260198.4%
2017-01124397.6%
2017-0289297.8%
2017-0367198.5%
2017-04113595.8%
2017-0583198.8%
2017-06101694.4%
2017-07150298.7%
2017-08113397.4%
2017-09106496.4%
2017-1079297.5%
2017-11214299.1%
2017-12134596.4%
2018-01141795.3%
2018-0292594.8%
2018-0381198.8%
2018-0459690.8%
2018-05630100.0%
2018-06810100.0%
2018-07100694.3%
2018-08107893.0%
2018-0967198.5%
2018-1060493.8%
2018-11144696.0%
2018-1295595.0%
2019-0184792.3%
2019-0297298.0%
2019-0365592.9%
2019-0465494.2%
2019-0586495.6%
2019-06223597.8%
2019-072321494.3%
2019-081881592.6%
2019-09102397.1%
2019-1098199.0%
2019-11299399.0%
2019-123111096.9%
2020-012921296.1%
2020-02315997.2%
2020-034301197.5%
2020-04295698.0%
2020-054811497.2%
2020-064021596.4%
2020-076901797.6%
2020-085081597.1%
2020-093821297.0%
2020-103691795.6%
2020-118651298.6%
2020-128572796.9%
2021-019582197.9%
2021-026422097.0%
2021-034943693.2%
2021-044061596.4%
2021-055372395.9%
2021-064451796.3%
2021-076073594.5%
2021-084401995.9%
2021-092881595.0%
2021-104261397.0%
2021-113211695.3%
2021-122981495.5%
2022-012801096.6%
2022-02302997.1%
2022-032371096.0%
2022-041831393.4%
2022-052611494.9%
2022-062201792.8%
2022-073291396.2%
2022-082151892.3%
2022-091981493.4%
2022-10162795.9%
2022-112121195.1%
2022-122701096.4%
2023-013211695.3%
2023-022401195.6%
2023-032981395.8%
2023-041751393.1%
2023-05200995.7%
2023-06210597.7%
2023-073101595.4%
2023-083331795.1%
2023-091891095.0%
2023-10157497.5%
2023-11215796.8%
2023-121771194.1%
2024-012481195.8%
2024-021851393.4%
2024-032121195.1%
2024-041491093.7%
2024-051991194.8%
2024-06201398.5%
2024-072541494.8%
2024-08191896.0%
2024-09147497.4%
2024-10107793.9%
2024-11134695.7%
2024-12174895.6%
2025-013192094.1%
2025-023301994.6%
2025-032661594.7%
2025-041841592.5%
2025-051891692.2%
2025-061901791.8%
2025-072151095.6%
2025-081801094.7%
2025-092391594.1%
2025-10237797.1%
2025-111981095.2%
2025-126835892.2%
2026-014693094.0%
2026-023682693.4%
2026-038987292.6%
2026-047135592.8%
2026-055214392.4%
2026-064472095.7%
2026-074383293.2%
2026-083812593.8%
2026-093701895.4%
2026-102502092.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19141
2026-09-20231
2026-09-21172
2026-09-22120
2026-09-23112
2026-09-2461
2026-09-2591
2026-09-26121
2026-09-27130
2026-09-28130
2026-09-29112
2026-09-30110
2026-10-01132
2026-10-02151
2026-10-03130
2026-10-04121
2026-10-0593
2026-10-06151
2026-10-07132
2026-10-08131
2026-10-09220
2026-10-10172
2026-10-11191
2026-10-12113
2026-10-13110
2026-10-14160
2026-10-1592
2026-10-16141
2026-10-17160
2026-10-18120
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days93.6%451
Last 180 days93.9%2,881
All time95.8%33,247
Japanese, last 180 days92.5%40
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