LIMBO
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How do players who really played LIMBO rate it? TrueGG Rating 88.7%

Release date: Aug 2, 2011 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it lower than Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who want to soak in the world and atmosphere

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who want a brisk pace
  • Players particular about controls and UI

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
88.7%
▼ −3.4 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 2+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,819 reviews

TrueGG, all time
93.2%
Steam overall
92.2%
Japanese, all time
82.9%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 17.6% of all reviews. Their positive share is 87.4%.

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 (2h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 2 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h75%791–2 h74%1022–5 h85%1,0015–10 h92%57510–20 h94%19120–50 h100%4350–100 h100%4100–200 h100%4200+ h100%1Positive share by playtime0–1 h7975%1–2 h10274%2–5 h1,00185%5–10 h57592%10–20 h19194%20–50 h43100%50–100 h4100%100–200 h4100%200+ h1100%

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 h74.7%—79
1–2 h73.5%—102
2–5 h85.3%75.0%1,001
5–10 h91.8%100.0%575
10–20 h94.2%100.0%191
20–50 h100.0%—43
50–100 h100.0%—4
100–200 h100.0%—4
200+ h100.0%—1

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 2+ hours. 2% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

LIMBO has a TrueGG Rating of 88.7%: the positive share among 1,819 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 2+ hours, close to Steam's overall 92.2%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 93.2%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 18% of the total, with 87% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, pacing, and controls and UI. Positive reviews praise the world and atmosphere, how fun it feels, and 難易度.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 82.9%, 5.8 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (92.2% 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, Controls, UI & camera). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive16% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among under 2h players
  • Movement & pacing14% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Controls, UI & camera12% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players

+ What players praise

  • World & atmosphere25% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
  • Fun & feel25% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
  • Difficulty14% of positive reviews (8% of negative)
＋ ボリューム＋ グラフィック＋ スクロール＋ タイプ＋ 値段＋ 表現＋ 白黒＋ 素晴− slow− solution− boring− instead− nothing− movement− character− reason

Counted from 364 recent negative and 565 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 rating92.2%All time, all languages · 62,321 reviews
Adjusted rating92.2%Weighted by trust (95% range 91.9%–92.5%), ±0.0pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews80.6%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−11.6pt vs overall) · 329 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 review6%20%
Very short text28%18%
Key activated outside Steam11%9%
Received for free6%5%
Owns very few games8%5%
Over 100 reviews written7%12%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.810.81

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 4.5 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 1,500 2011-07: +0 / −0 2011-08: +268 / −2 2011-09: +53 / −1 2011-10: +26 / −1 2011-11: +94 / −2 2011-12: +498 / −5 2012-01: +110 / −2 2012-02: +44 / −0 2012-03: +25 / −0 2012-04: +23 / −0 2012-05: +45 / −0 2012-06: +44 / −0 2012-07: +246 / −1 2012-08: +66 / −0 2012-09: +34 / −0 2012-10: +37 / −1 2012-11: +86 / −1 2012-12: +158 / −5 2013-01: +94 / −0 2013-02: +35 / −1 2013-03: +53 / −0 2013-04: +65 / −1 2013-05: +31 / −0 2013-06: +38 / −0 2013-07: +57 / −2 2013-08: +27 / −0 2013-09: +38 / −0 2013-10: +46 / −1 2013-11: +129 / −6 2013-12: +363 / −15 2014-01: +219 / −8 2014-02: +105 / −8 2014-03: +71 / −11 2014-04: +62 / −3 2014-05: +62 / −4 2014-06: +219 / −9 2014-07: +126 / −9 2014-08: +80 / −2 2014-09: +62 / −3 2014-10: +60 / −5 2014-11: +115 / −6 2014-12: +234 / −8 2015-01: +151 / −9 2015-02: +91 / −12 2015-03: +62 / −2 2015-04: +58 / −2 2015-05: +40 / −3 2015-06: +135 / −12 2015-07: +89 / −5 2015-08: +54 / −5 2015-09: +50 / −4 2015-10: +67 / −5 2015-11: +66 / −8 2015-12: +101 / −6 2016-01: +89 / −1 2016-02: +75 / −1 2016-03: +64 / −1 2016-04: +243 / −18 2016-05: +112 / −7 2016-06: +157 / −6 2016-07: +122 / −11 2016-08: +73 / −9 2016-09: +30 / −5 2016-10: +115 / −8 2016-11: +660 / −16 2016-12: +286 / −24 2017-01: +281 / −23 2017-02: +283 / −22 2017-03: +87 / −7 2017-04: +96 / −5 2017-05: +408 / −35 2017-06: +750 / −70 2017-07: +323 / −24 2017-08: +122 / −17 2017-09: +257 / −38 2017-10: +258 / −31 2017-11: +822 / −35 2017-12: +243 / −29 2018-01: +207 / −26 2018-02: +116 / −17 2018-03: +149 / −18 2018-04: +155 / −24 2018-05: +141 / −12 2018-06: +141 / −8 2018-07: +122 / −18 2018-08: +71 / −13 2018-09: +58 / −8 2018-10: +65 / −5 2018-11: +327 / −21 2018-12: +136 / −11 2019-01: +160 / −16 2019-02: +146 / −18 2019-03: +82 / −9 2019-04: +46 / −6 2019-05: +70 / −10 2019-06: +403 / −31 2019-07: +311 / −24 2019-08: +66 / −5 2019-09: +54 / −3 2019-10: +67 / −12 2019-11: +217 / −9 2019-12: +258 / −20 2020-01: +229 / −24 2020-02: +171 / −17 2020-03: +183 / −17 2020-04: +191 / −12 2020-05: +159 / −11 2020-06: +231 / −19 2020-07: +397 / −34 2020-08: +179 / −11 2020-09: +148 / −15 2020-10: +150 / −9 2020-11: +235 / −19 2020-12: +319 / −28 2021-01: +297 / −32 2021-02: +278 / −28 2021-03: +190 / −18 2021-04: +448 / −42 2021-05: +194 / −21 2021-06: +214 / −27 2021-07: +337 / −28 2021-08: +166 / −15 2021-09: +126 / −13 2021-10: +128 / −5 2021-11: +235 / −13 2021-12: +253 / −18 2022-01: +218 / −19 2022-02: +154 / −18 2022-03: +108 / −7 2022-04: +269 / −21 2022-05: +213 / −24 2022-06: +179 / −22 2022-07: +205 / −21 2022-08: +107 / −12 2022-09: +101 / −11 2022-10: +147 / −18 2022-11: +245 / −17 2022-12: +497 / −47 2023-01: +637 / −52 2023-02: +206 / −17 2023-03: +958 / −91 2023-04: +424 / −55 2023-05: +372 / −54 2023-06: +514 / −57 2023-07: +582 / −64 2023-08: +241 / −38 2023-09: +523 / −54 2023-10: +299 / −40 2023-11: +579 / −68 2023-12: +421 / −56 2024-01: +368 / −37 2024-02: +408 / −53 2024-03: +462 / −66 2024-04: +324 / −48 2024-05: +279 / −31 2024-06: +277 / −31 2024-07: +522 / −70 2024-08: +456 / −58 2024-09: +414 / −56 2024-10: +260 / −34 2024-11: +379 / −38 2024-12: +526 / −76 2025-01: +384 / −39 2025-02: +242 / −38 2025-03: +543 / −62 2025-04: +344 / −45 2025-05: +358 / −40 2025-06: +287 / −50 2025-07: +399 / −69 2025-08: +428 / −71 2025-09: +222 / −24 2025-10: +439 / −62 2025-11: +229 / −43 2025-12: +279 / −48 2026-01: +279 / −36 2026-02: +168 / −33 2026-03: +318 / −45 2026-04: +243 / −38 2026-05: +223 / −24 2026-06: +379 / −57 2026-07: +299 / −40 2026-08: +337 / −52 2026-09: +133 / −28 2026-10: +155 / −24 2011/072012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 91.1% 2011-08: 99.3%2011-09: 98.1%2011-11: 97.9%2011-12: 99.0%2012-01: 98.2%2012-02: 100.0%2012-05: 100.0%2012-06: 100.0%2012-07: 99.6%2012-08: 100.0%2012-09: 100.0%2012-10: 97.4%2012-11: 98.9%2012-12: 96.9%2013-01: 100.0%2013-02: 97.2%2013-03: 100.0%2013-04: 98.5%2013-05: 100.0%2013-06: 100.0%2013-07: 96.6%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 97.9%2013-11: 95.6%2013-12: 96.0%2014-01: 96.5%2014-02: 92.9%2014-03: 86.6%2014-04: 95.4%2014-05: 93.9%2014-06: 96.1%2014-07: 93.3%2014-08: 97.6%2014-09: 95.4%2014-10: 92.3%2014-11: 95.0%2014-12: 96.7%2015-01: 94.4%2015-02: 88.3%2015-03: 96.9%2015-04: 96.7%2015-05: 93.0%2015-06: 91.8%2015-07: 94.7%2015-08: 91.5%2015-09: 92.6%2015-10: 93.1%2015-11: 89.2%2015-12: 94.4%2016-01: 98.9%2016-02: 98.7%2016-03: 98.5%2016-04: 93.1%2016-05: 94.1%2016-06: 96.3%2016-07: 91.7%2016-08: 89.0%2016-09: 85.7%2016-10: 93.5%2016-11: 97.6%2016-12: 92.3%2017-01: 92.4%2017-02: 92.8%2017-03: 92.6%2017-04: 95.0%2017-05: 92.1%2017-06: 91.5%2017-07: 93.1%2017-08: 87.8%2017-09: 87.1%2017-10: 89.3%2017-11: 95.9%2017-12: 89.3%2018-01: 88.8%2018-02: 87.2%2018-03: 89.2%2018-04: 86.6%2018-05: 92.2%2018-06: 94.6%2018-07: 87.1%2018-08: 84.5%2018-09: 87.9%2018-10: 92.9%2018-11: 94.0%2018-12: 92.5%2019-01: 90.9%2019-02: 89.0%2019-03: 90.1%2019-04: 88.5%2019-05: 87.5%2019-06: 92.9%2019-07: 92.8%2019-08: 93.0%2019-09: 94.7%2019-10: 84.8%2019-11: 96.0%2019-12: 92.8%2020-01: 90.5%2020-02: 91.0%2020-03: 91.5%2020-04: 94.1%2020-05: 93.5%2020-06: 92.4%2020-07: 92.1%2020-08: 94.2%2020-09: 90.8%2020-10: 94.3%2020-11: 92.5%2020-12: 91.9%2021-01: 90.3%2021-02: 90.8%2021-03: 91.3%2021-04: 91.4%2021-05: 90.2%2021-06: 88.8%2021-07: 92.3%2021-08: 91.7%2021-09: 90.6%2021-10: 96.2%2021-11: 94.8%2021-12: 93.4%2022-01: 92.0%2022-02: 89.5%2022-03: 93.9%2022-04: 92.8%2022-05: 89.9%2022-06: 89.1%2022-07: 90.7%2022-08: 89.9%2022-09: 90.2%2022-10: 89.1%2022-11: 93.5%2022-12: 91.4%2023-01: 92.5%2023-02: 92.4%2023-03: 91.3%2023-04: 88.5%2023-05: 87.3%2023-06: 90.0%2023-07: 90.1%2023-08: 86.4%2023-09: 90.6%2023-10: 88.2%2023-11: 89.5%2023-12: 88.3%2024-01: 90.9%2024-02: 88.5%2024-03: 87.5%2024-04: 87.1%2024-05: 90.0%2024-06: 89.9%2024-07: 88.2%2024-08: 88.7%2024-09: 88.1%2024-10: 88.4%2024-11: 90.9%2024-12: 87.4%2025-01: 90.8%2025-02: 86.4%2025-03: 89.8%2025-04: 88.4%2025-05: 89.9%2025-06: 85.2%2025-07: 85.3%2025-08: 85.8%2025-09: 90.2%2025-10: 87.6%2025-11: 84.2%2025-12: 85.3%2026-01: 88.6%2026-02: 83.6%2026-03: 87.6%2026-04: 86.5%2026-05: 90.3%2026-06: 86.9%2026-07: 88.2%2026-08: 86.6%2026-09: 82.6%2026-10: 86.6% 2011/072012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 20 2026-09-20: +4 / −1 2026-09-21: +4 / −1 2026-09-22: +2 / −0 2026-09-23: +2 / −1 2026-09-24: +5 / −2 2026-09-25: +4 / −2 2026-09-26: +2 / −0 2026-09-27: +5 / −4 2026-09-28: +6 / −0 2026-09-29: +4 / −0 2026-09-30: +6 / −2 2026-10-01: +3 / −1 2026-10-02: +10 / −0 2026-10-03: +3 / −1 2026-10-04: +8 / −0 2026-10-05: +13 / −2 2026-10-06: +16 / −1 2026-10-07: +13 / −2 2026-10-08: +10 / −1 2026-10-09: +12 / −1 2026-10-10: +6 / −3 2026-10-11: +9 / −0 2026-10-12: +8 / −2 2026-10-13: +11 / −1 2026-10-14: +7 / −2 2026-10-15: +6 / −1 2026-10-16: +4 / −1 2026-10-17: +7 / −3 2026-10-18: +8 / −2 2026-10-19: +1 / −0 09/2009/2710/0410/1110/18
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2011-0700—
2011-08268299.3%
2011-0953198.1%
2011-1026196.3%
2011-1194297.9%
2011-12498599.0%
2012-01110298.2%
2012-02440100.0%
2012-03250100.0%
2012-04230100.0%
2012-05450100.0%
2012-06440100.0%
2012-07246199.6%
2012-08660100.0%
2012-09340100.0%
2012-1037197.4%
2012-1186198.9%
2012-12158596.9%
2013-01940100.0%
2013-0235197.2%
2013-03530100.0%
2013-0465198.5%
2013-05310100.0%
2013-06380100.0%
2013-0757296.6%
2013-08270100.0%
2013-09380100.0%
2013-1046197.9%
2013-11129695.6%
2013-123631596.0%
2014-01219896.5%
2014-02105892.9%
2014-03711186.6%
2014-0462395.4%
2014-0562493.9%
2014-06219996.1%
2014-07126993.3%
2014-0880297.6%
2014-0962395.4%
2014-1060592.3%
2014-11115695.0%
2014-12234896.7%
2015-01151994.4%
2015-02911288.3%
2015-0362296.9%
2015-0458296.7%
2015-0540393.0%
2015-061351291.8%
2015-0789594.7%
2015-0854591.5%
2015-0950492.6%
2015-1067593.1%
2015-1166889.2%
2015-12101694.4%
2016-0189198.9%
2016-0275198.7%
2016-0364198.5%
2016-042431893.1%
2016-05112794.1%
2016-06157696.3%
2016-071221191.7%
2016-0873989.0%
2016-0930585.7%
2016-10115893.5%
2016-116601697.6%
2016-122862492.3%
2017-012812392.4%
2017-022832292.8%
2017-0387792.6%
2017-0496595.0%
2017-054083592.1%
2017-067507091.5%
2017-073232493.1%
2017-081221787.8%
2017-092573887.1%
2017-102583189.3%
2017-118223595.9%
2017-122432989.3%
2018-012072688.8%
2018-021161787.2%
2018-031491889.2%
2018-041552486.6%
2018-051411292.2%
2018-06141894.6%
2018-071221887.1%
2018-08711384.5%
2018-0958887.9%
2018-1065592.9%
2018-113272194.0%
2018-121361192.5%
2019-011601690.9%
2019-021461889.0%
2019-0382990.1%
2019-0446688.5%
2019-05701087.5%
2019-064033192.9%
2019-073112492.8%
2019-0866593.0%
2019-0954394.7%
2019-10671284.8%
2019-11217996.0%
2019-122582092.8%
2020-012292490.5%
2020-021711791.0%
2020-031831791.5%
2020-041911294.1%
2020-051591193.5%
2020-062311992.4%
2020-073973492.1%
2020-081791194.2%
2020-091481590.8%
2020-10150994.3%
2020-112351992.5%
2020-123192891.9%
2021-012973290.3%
2021-022782890.8%
2021-031901891.3%
2021-044484291.4%
2021-051942190.2%
2021-062142788.8%
2021-073372892.3%
2021-081661591.7%
2021-091261390.6%
2021-10128596.2%
2021-112351394.8%
2021-122531893.4%
2022-012181992.0%
2022-021541889.5%
2022-03108793.9%
2022-042692192.8%
2022-052132489.9%
2022-061792289.1%
2022-072052190.7%
2022-081071289.9%
2022-091011190.2%
2022-101471889.1%
2022-112451793.5%
2022-124974791.4%
2023-016375292.5%
2023-022061792.4%
2023-039589191.3%
2023-044245588.5%
2023-053725487.3%
2023-065145790.0%
2023-075826490.1%
2023-082413886.4%
2023-095235490.6%
2023-102994088.2%
2023-115796889.5%
2023-124215688.3%
2024-013683790.9%
2024-024085388.5%
2024-034626687.5%
2024-043244887.1%
2024-052793190.0%
2024-062773189.9%
2024-075227088.2%
2024-084565888.7%
2024-094145688.1%
2024-102603488.4%
2024-113793890.9%
2024-125267687.4%
2025-013843990.8%
2025-022423886.4%
2025-035436289.8%
2025-043444588.4%
2025-053584089.9%
2025-062875085.2%
2025-073996985.3%
2025-084287185.8%
2025-092222490.2%
2025-104396287.6%
2025-112294384.2%
2025-122794885.3%
2026-012793688.6%
2026-021683383.6%
2026-033184587.6%
2026-042433886.5%
2026-052232490.3%
2026-063795786.9%
2026-072994088.2%
2026-083375286.6%
2026-091332882.6%
2026-101552486.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-2041
2026-09-2141
2026-09-2220
2026-09-2321
2026-09-2452
2026-09-2542
2026-09-2620
2026-09-2754
2026-09-2860
2026-09-2940
2026-09-3062
2026-10-0131
2026-10-02100
2026-10-0331
2026-10-0480
2026-10-05132
2026-10-06161
2026-10-07132
2026-10-08101
2026-10-09121
2026-10-1063
2026-10-1190
2026-10-1282
2026-10-13111
2026-10-1472
2026-10-1561
2026-10-1641
2026-10-1773
2026-10-1882
2026-10-1910
06 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days84.9%259
Last 180 days87.4%1,990
All time92.2%62,321
Japanese, last 180 days87.5%8
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