Bayonetta
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How do players who really played Bayonetta rate it? TrueGG Rating 95.3%

Release date: Apr 11, 2017 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.

Think twice if you are

  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)
  • Players particular about controls and UI
  • Players who want a brisk pace

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
95.3%
▲ +2.8 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 991 reviews

TrueGG, all time
95.7%
Steam overall
92.4%
Japanese, all time
83.9%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 12.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 79.6%.

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 (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h72%821–2 h82%682–5 h90%2545–10 h90%33710–20 h95%59620–50 h96%30050–100 h96%73100–200 h100%17200+ h80%5Positive share by playtime0–1 h8272%1–2 h6882%2–5 h25490%5–10 h33790%10–20 h59695%20–50 h30096%50–100 h7396%100–200 h17100%200+ h580%

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 h72.0%100.0%82
1–2 h82.4%—68
2–5 h89.8%100.0%254
5–10 h89.6%100.0%337
10–20 h95.0%100.0%596
20–50 h95.7%100.0%300
50–100 h95.9%0.0%73
100–200 h100.0%—17
200+ h80.0%—5

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 18% had 20+ hours and 1% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Bayonetta has a TrueGG Rating of 95.3%: the positive share among 991 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 92.4%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 95.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 12% of the total, with 80% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

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

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs, controls and UI, and pacing. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (92.5% 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 (Controls, UI & camera, Movement & pacing, Boring / repetitive). 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 & bugs23% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players · ongoing since launch
  • Controls, UI & camera21% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch
  • Movement & pacing13% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Boring / repetitive9% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch
  • Performance8% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel31% of positive reviews (22% of negative)
＋ beautiful＋ 日本語＋ 世界観＋ 是非＋ 続編＋ ベヨネッタ＋ peak＋ 最高− unplayable− loading− crashes− running− attacks− seems− move− broken

Counted from 373 recent negative and 564 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 rating92.4%All time, all languages · 32,891 reviews
Adjusted rating92.5%Weighted by trust (95% range 92.2%–92.8%), +0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews78.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−14.1pt vs overall) · 337 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 review8%31%
Very short text32%10%
Key activated outside Steam20%25%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games10%4%
Over 100 reviews written8%12%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.780.77

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 10.8 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 2017-04: +2,429 / −166 2017-05: +470 / −39 2017-06: +306 / −23 2017-07: +204 / −24 2017-08: +100 / −10 2017-09: +90 / −4 2017-10: +201 / −22 2017-11: +651 / −30 2017-12: +215 / −26 2018-01: +184 / −22 2018-02: +126 / −16 2018-03: +98 / −3 2018-04: +65 / −10 2018-05: +54 / −6 2018-06: +202 / −34 2018-07: +216 / −29 2018-08: +98 / −14 2018-09: +69 / −10 2018-10: +131 / −26 2018-11: +360 / −22 2018-12: +174 / −25 2019-01: +148 / −13 2019-02: +132 / −19 2019-03: +411 / −60 2019-04: +230 / −35 2019-05: +145 / −18 2019-06: +488 / −33 2019-07: +434 / −39 2019-08: +74 / −18 2019-09: +76 / −9 2019-10: +78 / −10 2019-11: +206 / −9 2019-12: +229 / −14 2020-01: +153 / −10 2020-02: +166 / −16 2020-03: +132 / −10 2020-04: +140 / −14 2020-05: +115 / −8 2020-06: +192 / −22 2020-07: +409 / −35 2020-08: +173 / −30 2020-09: +128 / −11 2020-10: +459 / −47 2020-11: +303 / −23 2020-12: +318 / −19 2021-01: +315 / −21 2021-02: +244 / −14 2021-03: +159 / −14 2021-04: +171 / −12 2021-05: +443 / −27 2021-06: +259 / −26 2021-07: +292 / −30 2021-08: +198 / −22 2021-09: +434 / −35 2021-10: +466 / −35 2021-11: +414 / −15 2021-12: +360 / −31 2022-01: +315 / −28 2022-02: +233 / −23 2022-03: +177 / −13 2022-04: +129 / −8 2022-05: +131 / −9 2022-06: +204 / −13 2022-07: +358 / −21 2022-08: +178 / −14 2022-09: +163 / −13 2022-10: +413 / −61 2022-11: +385 / −21 2022-12: +366 / −20 2023-01: +436 / −20 2023-02: +240 / −15 2023-03: +212 / −13 2023-04: +151 / −14 2023-05: +178 / −20 2023-06: +158 / −13 2023-07: +209 / −17 2023-08: +134 / −14 2023-09: +144 / −10 2023-10: +128 / −6 2023-11: +167 / −10 2023-12: +187 / −7 2024-01: +185 / −17 2024-02: +149 / −12 2024-03: +160 / −13 2024-04: +140 / −12 2024-05: +194 / −11 2024-06: +135 / −9 2024-07: +238 / −13 2024-08: +136 / −12 2024-09: +187 / −15 2024-10: +149 / −14 2024-11: +184 / −16 2024-12: +219 / −11 2025-01: +186 / −21 2025-02: +149 / −21 2025-03: +189 / −14 2025-04: +156 / −13 2025-05: +227 / −22 2025-06: +149 / −24 2025-07: +206 / −27 2025-08: +144 / −17 2025-09: +151 / −14 2025-10: +159 / −14 2025-11: +155 / −17 2025-12: +257 / −21 2026-01: +223 / −17 2026-02: +202 / −20 2026-03: +247 / −17 2026-04: +208 / −17 2026-05: +222 / −19 2026-06: +172 / −20 2026-07: +278 / −19 2026-08: +227 / −24 2026-09: +165 / −14 2026-10: +143 / −7 2017/042018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 92.1% 2017-04: 93.6%2017-05: 92.3%2017-06: 93.0%2017-07: 89.5%2017-08: 90.9%2017-09: 95.7%2017-10: 90.1%2017-11: 95.6%2017-12: 89.2%2018-01: 89.3%2018-02: 88.7%2018-03: 97.0%2018-04: 86.7%2018-05: 90.0%2018-06: 85.6%2018-07: 88.2%2018-08: 87.5%2018-09: 87.3%2018-10: 83.4%2018-11: 94.2%2018-12: 87.4%2019-01: 91.9%2019-02: 87.4%2019-03: 87.3%2019-04: 86.8%2019-05: 89.0%2019-06: 93.7%2019-07: 91.8%2019-08: 80.4%2019-09: 89.4%2019-10: 88.6%2019-11: 95.8%2019-12: 94.2%2020-01: 93.9%2020-02: 91.2%2020-03: 93.0%2020-04: 90.9%2020-05: 93.5%2020-06: 89.7%2020-07: 92.1%2020-08: 85.2%2020-09: 92.1%2020-10: 90.7%2020-11: 92.9%2020-12: 94.4%2021-01: 93.8%2021-02: 94.6%2021-03: 91.9%2021-04: 93.4%2021-05: 94.3%2021-06: 90.9%2021-07: 90.7%2021-08: 90.0%2021-09: 92.5%2021-10: 93.0%2021-11: 96.5%2021-12: 92.1%2022-01: 91.8%2022-02: 91.0%2022-03: 93.2%2022-04: 94.2%2022-05: 93.6%2022-06: 94.0%2022-07: 94.5%2022-08: 92.7%2022-09: 92.6%2022-10: 87.1%2022-11: 94.8%2022-12: 94.8%2023-01: 95.6%2023-02: 94.1%2023-03: 94.2%2023-04: 91.5%2023-05: 89.9%2023-06: 92.4%2023-07: 92.5%2023-08: 90.5%2023-09: 93.5%2023-10: 95.5%2023-11: 94.4%2023-12: 96.4%2024-01: 91.6%2024-02: 92.5%2024-03: 92.5%2024-04: 92.1%2024-05: 94.6%2024-06: 93.8%2024-07: 94.8%2024-08: 91.9%2024-09: 92.6%2024-10: 91.4%2024-11: 92.0%2024-12: 95.2%2025-01: 89.9%2025-02: 87.6%2025-03: 93.1%2025-04: 92.3%2025-05: 91.2%2025-06: 86.1%2025-07: 88.4%2025-08: 89.4%2025-09: 91.5%2025-10: 91.9%2025-11: 90.1%2025-12: 92.4%2026-01: 92.9%2026-02: 91.0%2026-03: 93.6%2026-04: 92.4%2026-05: 92.1%2026-06: 89.6%2026-07: 93.6%2026-08: 90.4%2026-09: 92.2%2026-10: 95.3% 2017/042018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +5 / −0 2026-09-20: +5 / −0 2026-09-21: +3 / −0 2026-09-22: +6 / −0 2026-09-23: +7 / −0 2026-09-24: +7 / −0 2026-09-25: +7 / −0 2026-09-26: +10 / −0 2026-09-27: +5 / −0 2026-09-28: +3 / −1 2026-09-29: +3 / −2 2026-09-30: +5 / −0 2026-10-01: +3 / −0 2026-10-02: +3 / −0 2026-10-03: +10 / −1 2026-10-04: +6 / −0 2026-10-05: +13 / −0 2026-10-06: +5 / −0 2026-10-07: +6 / −1 2026-10-08: +7 / −2 2026-10-09: +11 / −0 2026-10-10: +14 / −1 2026-10-11: +9 / −0 2026-10-12: +6 / −0 2026-10-13: +10 / −1 2026-10-14: +4 / −0 2026-10-15: +10 / −0 2026-10-16: +10 / −0 2026-10-17: +10 / −1 2026-10-18: +6 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2017-042,42916693.6%
2017-054703992.3%
2017-063062393.0%
2017-072042489.5%
2017-081001090.9%
2017-0990495.7%
2017-102012290.1%
2017-116513095.6%
2017-122152689.2%
2018-011842289.3%
2018-021261688.7%
2018-0398397.0%
2018-04651086.7%
2018-0554690.0%
2018-062023485.6%
2018-072162988.2%
2018-08981487.5%
2018-09691087.3%
2018-101312683.4%
2018-113602294.2%
2018-121742587.4%
2019-011481391.9%
2019-021321987.4%
2019-034116087.3%
2019-042303586.8%
2019-051451889.0%
2019-064883393.7%
2019-074343991.8%
2019-08741880.4%
2019-0976989.4%
2019-10781088.6%
2019-11206995.8%
2019-122291494.2%
2020-011531093.9%
2020-021661691.2%
2020-031321093.0%
2020-041401490.9%
2020-05115893.5%
2020-061922289.7%
2020-074093592.1%
2020-081733085.2%
2020-091281192.1%
2020-104594790.7%
2020-113032392.9%
2020-123181994.4%
2021-013152193.8%
2021-022441494.6%
2021-031591491.9%
2021-041711293.4%
2021-054432794.3%
2021-062592690.9%
2021-072923090.7%
2021-081982290.0%
2021-094343592.5%
2021-104663593.0%
2021-114141596.5%
2021-123603192.1%
2022-013152891.8%
2022-022332391.0%
2022-031771393.2%
2022-04129894.2%
2022-05131993.6%
2022-062041394.0%
2022-073582194.5%
2022-081781492.7%
2022-091631392.6%
2022-104136187.1%
2022-113852194.8%
2022-123662094.8%
2023-014362095.6%
2023-022401594.1%
2023-032121394.2%
2023-041511491.5%
2023-051782089.9%
2023-061581392.4%
2023-072091792.5%
2023-081341490.5%
2023-091441093.5%
2023-10128695.5%
2023-111671094.4%
2023-12187796.4%
2024-011851791.6%
2024-021491292.5%
2024-031601392.5%
2024-041401292.1%
2024-051941194.6%
2024-06135993.8%
2024-072381394.8%
2024-081361291.9%
2024-091871592.6%
2024-101491491.4%
2024-111841692.0%
2024-122191195.2%
2025-011862189.9%
2025-021492187.6%
2025-031891493.1%
2025-041561392.3%
2025-052272291.2%
2025-061492486.1%
2025-072062788.4%
2025-081441789.4%
2025-091511491.5%
2025-101591491.9%
2025-111551790.1%
2025-122572192.4%
2026-012231792.9%
2026-022022091.0%
2026-032471793.6%
2026-042081792.4%
2026-052221992.1%
2026-061722089.6%
2026-072781993.6%
2026-082272490.4%
2026-091651492.2%
2026-10143795.3%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1950
2026-09-2050
2026-09-2130
2026-09-2260
2026-09-2370
2026-09-2470
2026-09-2570
2026-09-26100
2026-09-2750
2026-09-2831
2026-09-2932
2026-09-3050
2026-10-0130
2026-10-0230
2026-10-03101
2026-10-0460
2026-10-05130
2026-10-0650
2026-10-0761
2026-10-0872
2026-10-09110
2026-10-10141
2026-10-1190
2026-10-1260
2026-10-13101
2026-10-1440
2026-10-15100
2026-10-16100
2026-10-17101
2026-10-1860
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days95.2%268
Last 180 days91.8%1,725
All time92.4%32,891
Japanese, last 180 days90.0%10
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