Paladins
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How do players who really played Paladins rate it? TrueGG Rating 84.9%

Release date: May 8, 2018 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.

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  • Players who care about game balance
  • Players relying on Japanese (Japanese reviews rate it lower)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
84.9%
± 0.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,192 reviews

TrueGG, all time
84.7%
Steam overall
85.0%
Japanese, all time
75.8%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 68.1%.

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 h63%621–2 h72%612–5 h74%1725–10 h80%15710–20 h81%15520–50 h85%24450–100 h82%202100–200 h83%203200+ h87%543Positive share by playtime0–1 h6263%1–2 h6172%2–5 h17274%5–10 h15780%10–20 h15581%20–50 h24485%50–100 h20282%100–200 h20383%200+ h54387%

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 h62.9%0.0%62
1–2 h72.1%100.0%61
2–5 h74.4%100.0%172
5–10 h79.6%100.0%157
10–20 h81.3%—155
20–50 h85.2%100.0%244
50–100 h81.7%50.0%202
100–200 h83.3%100.0%203
200+ h86.6%100.0%543

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 57% had 20+ hours and 25% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Paladins has a TrueGG Rating of 84.9%: the positive share among 1,192 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 85.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 84.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 6% of the total, with 68% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

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

Negative reviews most often mention updates and the developers, バランス, and player base and matchmaking (more than at launch).

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 75.8%, 9.1 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (84.3% 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 live operations and online play (Updates & developers, Balance, Player base & matchmaking). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. 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

  • Updates & developers11% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Balance10% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Player base & matchmaking9% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch
  • Crashes & bugs8% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ come＋ 対応＋ please＋ unique＋ best＋ marvel＋ love＋ hero− sucks− last− toxic− times− lost− bots− worse− level

Counted from 480 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 rating85.0%All time, all languages · 345,258 reviews
Adjusted rating84.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 83.8%–84.9%), −0.7pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews76.0%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−9.0pt vs overall) · 750 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%15%
Very short text45%30%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games21%8%
Over 100 reviews written3%6%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.760.80

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 52.7 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 5,000 10k 15k 20k 2016-09: +12,818 / −1,971 2016-10: +13,412 / −1,767 2016-11: +16,244 / −1,577 2016-12: +7,998 / −1,119 2017-01: +6,957 / −1,216 2017-02: +5,671 / −1,257 2017-03: +5,515 / −1,001 2017-04: +4,826 / −822 2017-05: +5,061 / −894 2017-06: +6,078 / −1,051 2017-07: +5,987 / −1,025 2017-08: +4,525 / −869 2017-09: +4,267 / −835 2017-10: +3,496 / −710 2017-11: +7,160 / −1,005 2017-12: +3,754 / −2,053 2018-01: +4,002 / −1,204 2018-02: +2,962 / −644 2018-03: +3,027 / −634 2018-04: +2,708 / −543 2018-05: +3,956 / −928 2018-06: +2,932 / −690 2018-07: +2,500 / −512 2018-08: +2,250 / −527 2018-09: +1,738 / −367 2018-10: +1,659 / −398 2018-11: +5,884 / −694 2018-12: +2,187 / −518 2019-01: +2,099 / −676 2019-02: +1,654 / −553 2019-03: +1,693 / −362 2019-04: +1,489 / −357 2019-05: +1,397 / −322 2019-06: +4,777 / −597 2019-07: +5,236 / −605 2019-08: +1,511 / −425 2019-09: +1,268 / −338 2019-10: +2,130 / −311 2019-11: +9,966 / −828 2019-12: +7,218 / −674 2020-01: +6,330 / −782 2020-02: +4,838 / −578 2020-03: +6,332 / −1,019 2020-04: +7,375 / −944 2020-05: +5,243 / −777 2020-06: +3,719 / −509 2020-07: +3,785 / −544 2020-08: +3,141 / −500 2020-09: +2,409 / −423 2020-10: +2,712 / −378 2020-11: +3,595 / −529 2020-12: +3,156 / −510 2021-01: +3,436 / −519 2021-02: +3,176 / −475 2021-03: +3,208 / −513 2021-04: +2,961 / −500 2021-05: +3,140 / −440 2021-06: +2,610 / −417 2021-07: +2,909 / −489 2021-08: +2,454 / −447 2021-09: +2,129 / −432 2021-10: +2,308 / −374 2021-11: +2,696 / −419 2021-12: +1,973 / −518 2022-01: +2,467 / −593 2022-02: +1,763 / −506 2022-03: +1,832 / −494 2022-04: +1,753 / −474 2022-05: +1,804 / −496 2022-06: +1,737 / −366 2022-07: +1,870 / −544 2022-08: +1,392 / −352 2022-09: +1,093 / −264 2022-10: +1,244 / −341 2022-11: +1,407 / −295 2022-12: +1,049 / −304 2023-01: +1,027 / −275 2023-02: +979 / −267 2023-03: +852 / −264 2023-04: +945 / −251 2023-05: +872 / −241 2023-06: +1,130 / −320 2023-07: +1,191 / −308 2023-08: +1,348 / −368 2023-09: +888 / −240 2023-10: +786 / −223 2023-11: +1,007 / −211 2023-12: +742 / −200 2024-01: +922 / −253 2024-02: +810 / −197 2024-03: +891 / −223 2024-04: +768 / −222 2024-05: +723 / −431 2024-06: +631 / −305 2024-07: +676 / −200 2024-08: +618 / −179 2024-09: +551 / −156 2024-10: +518 / −212 2024-11: +691 / −151 2024-12: +597 / −141 2025-01: +441 / −151 2025-02: +680 / −144 2025-03: +373 / −79 2025-04: +311 / −75 2025-05: +320 / −82 2025-06: +291 / −74 2025-07: +304 / −63 2025-08: +275 / −64 2025-09: +294 / −72 2025-10: +327 / −61 2025-11: +331 / −69 2025-12: +289 / −47 2026-01: +384 / −58 2026-02: +403 / −68 2026-03: +328 / −57 2026-04: +254 / −70 2026-05: +246 / −47 2026-06: +244 / −51 2026-07: +284 / −57 2026-08: +341 / −79 2026-09: +185 / −59 2026-10: +131 / −22 2016/092017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 84.7% 2016-09: 86.7%2016-10: 88.4%2016-11: 91.2%2016-12: 87.7%2017-01: 85.1%2017-02: 81.9%2017-03: 84.6%2017-04: 85.4%2017-05: 85.0%2017-06: 85.3%2017-07: 85.4%2017-08: 83.9%2017-09: 83.6%2017-10: 83.1%2017-11: 87.7%2017-12: 64.6%2018-01: 76.9%2018-02: 82.1%2018-03: 82.7%2018-04: 83.3%2018-05: 81.0%2018-06: 80.9%2018-07: 83.0%2018-08: 81.0%2018-09: 82.6%2018-10: 80.7%2018-11: 89.4%2018-12: 80.9%2019-01: 75.6%2019-02: 74.9%2019-03: 82.4%2019-04: 80.7%2019-05: 81.3%2019-06: 88.9%2019-07: 89.6%2019-08: 78.0%2019-09: 79.0%2019-10: 87.3%2019-11: 92.3%2019-12: 91.5%2020-01: 89.0%2020-02: 89.3%2020-03: 86.1%2020-04: 88.7%2020-05: 87.1%2020-06: 88.0%2020-07: 87.4%2020-08: 86.3%2020-09: 85.1%2020-10: 87.8%2020-11: 87.2%2020-12: 86.1%2021-01: 86.9%2021-02: 87.0%2021-03: 86.2%2021-04: 85.6%2021-05: 87.7%2021-06: 86.2%2021-07: 85.6%2021-08: 84.6%2021-09: 83.1%2021-10: 86.1%2021-11: 86.5%2021-12: 79.2%2022-01: 80.6%2022-02: 77.7%2022-03: 78.8%2022-04: 78.7%2022-05: 78.4%2022-06: 82.6%2022-07: 77.5%2022-08: 79.8%2022-09: 80.5%2022-10: 78.5%2022-11: 82.7%2022-12: 77.5%2023-01: 78.9%2023-02: 78.6%2023-03: 76.3%2023-04: 79.0%2023-05: 78.3%2023-06: 77.9%2023-07: 79.5%2023-08: 78.6%2023-09: 78.7%2023-10: 77.9%2023-11: 82.7%2023-12: 78.8%2024-01: 78.5%2024-02: 80.4%2024-03: 80.0%2024-04: 77.6%2024-05: 62.7%2024-06: 67.4%2024-07: 77.2%2024-08: 77.5%2024-09: 77.9%2024-10: 71.0%2024-11: 82.1%2024-12: 80.9%2025-01: 74.5%2025-02: 82.5%2025-03: 82.5%2025-04: 80.6%2025-05: 79.6%2025-06: 79.7%2025-07: 82.8%2025-08: 81.1%2025-09: 80.3%2025-10: 84.3%2025-11: 82.8%2025-12: 86.0%2026-01: 86.9%2026-02: 85.6%2026-03: 85.2%2026-04: 78.4%2026-05: 84.0%2026-06: 82.7%2026-07: 83.3%2026-08: 81.2%2026-09: 75.8%2026-10: 85.6% 2016/092017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +9 / −0 2026-09-20: +4 / −0 2026-09-21: +4 / −0 2026-09-22: +4 / −3 2026-09-23: +6 / −1 2026-09-24: +9 / −1 2026-09-25: +7 / −2 2026-09-26: +11 / −3 2026-09-27: +10 / −0 2026-09-28: +10 / −4 2026-09-29: +4 / −3 2026-09-30: +4 / −3 2026-10-01: +9 / −0 2026-10-02: +6 / −0 2026-10-03: +12 / −1 2026-10-04: +10 / −1 2026-10-05: +8 / −3 2026-10-06: +3 / −0 2026-10-07: +8 / −2 2026-10-08: +10 / −2 2026-10-09: +4 / −3 2026-10-10: +8 / −1 2026-10-11: +13 / −1 2026-10-12: +8 / −1 2026-10-13: +6 / −2 2026-10-14: +5 / −0 2026-10-15: +4 / −2 2026-10-16: +6 / −1 2026-10-17: +8 / −0 2026-10-18: +3 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-0912,8181,97186.7%
2016-1013,4121,76788.4%
2016-1116,2441,57791.2%
2016-127,9981,11987.7%
2017-016,9571,21685.1%
2017-025,6711,25781.9%
2017-035,5151,00184.6%
2017-044,82682285.4%
2017-055,06189485.0%
2017-066,0781,05185.3%
2017-075,9871,02585.4%
2017-084,52586983.9%
2017-094,26783583.6%
2017-103,49671083.1%
2017-117,1601,00587.7%
2017-123,7542,05364.6%
2018-014,0021,20476.9%
2018-022,96264482.1%
2018-033,02763482.7%
2018-042,70854383.3%
2018-053,95692881.0%
2018-062,93269080.9%
2018-072,50051283.0%
2018-082,25052781.0%
2018-091,73836782.6%
2018-101,65939880.7%
2018-115,88469489.4%
2018-122,18751880.9%
2019-012,09967675.6%
2019-021,65455374.9%
2019-031,69336282.4%
2019-041,48935780.7%
2019-051,39732281.3%
2019-064,77759788.9%
2019-075,23660589.6%
2019-081,51142578.0%
2019-091,26833879.0%
2019-102,13031187.3%
2019-119,96682892.3%
2019-127,21867491.5%
2020-016,33078289.0%
2020-024,83857889.3%
2020-036,3321,01986.1%
2020-047,37594488.7%
2020-055,24377787.1%
2020-063,71950988.0%
2020-073,78554487.4%
2020-083,14150086.3%
2020-092,40942385.1%
2020-102,71237887.8%
2020-113,59552987.2%
2020-123,15651086.1%
2021-013,43651986.9%
2021-023,17647587.0%
2021-033,20851386.2%
2021-042,96150085.6%
2021-053,14044087.7%
2021-062,61041786.2%
2021-072,90948985.6%
2021-082,45444784.6%
2021-092,12943283.1%
2021-102,30837486.1%
2021-112,69641986.5%
2021-121,97351879.2%
2022-012,46759380.6%
2022-021,76350677.7%
2022-031,83249478.8%
2022-041,75347478.7%
2022-051,80449678.4%
2022-061,73736682.6%
2022-071,87054477.5%
2022-081,39235279.8%
2022-091,09326480.5%
2022-101,24434178.5%
2022-111,40729582.7%
2022-121,04930477.5%
2023-011,02727578.9%
2023-0297926778.6%
2023-0385226476.3%
2023-0494525179.0%
2023-0587224178.3%
2023-061,13032077.9%
2023-071,19130879.5%
2023-081,34836878.6%
2023-0988824078.7%
2023-1078622377.9%
2023-111,00721182.7%
2023-1274220078.8%
2024-0192225378.5%
2024-0281019780.4%
2024-0389122380.0%
2024-0476822277.6%
2024-0572343162.7%
2024-0663130567.4%
2024-0767620077.2%
2024-0861817977.5%
2024-0955115677.9%
2024-1051821271.0%
2024-1169115182.1%
2024-1259714180.9%
2025-0144115174.5%
2025-0268014482.5%
2025-033737982.5%
2025-043117580.6%
2025-053208279.6%
2025-062917479.7%
2025-073046382.8%
2025-082756481.1%
2025-092947280.3%
2025-103276184.3%
2025-113316982.8%
2025-122894786.0%
2026-013845886.9%
2026-024036885.6%
2026-033285785.2%
2026-042547078.4%
2026-052464784.0%
2026-062445182.7%
2026-072845783.3%
2026-083417981.2%
2026-091855975.8%
2026-101312285.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1990
2026-09-2040
2026-09-2140
2026-09-2243
2026-09-2361
2026-09-2491
2026-09-2572
2026-09-26113
2026-09-27100
2026-09-28104
2026-09-2943
2026-09-3043
2026-10-0190
2026-10-0260
2026-10-03121
2026-10-04101
2026-10-0583
2026-10-0630
2026-10-0782
2026-10-08102
2026-10-0943
2026-10-1081
2026-10-11131
2026-10-1281
2026-10-1362
2026-10-1450
2026-10-1542
2026-10-1661
2026-10-1780
2026-10-1832
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days83.7%251
Last 180 days82.0%1,795
All time85.0%345,258
Japanese, last 180 days85.7%14
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