Mount & Blade: Warband
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How do players who really played Mount & Blade: Warband rate it? TrueGG Rating 97.8%

Release date: Mar 31, 2010 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 looking for hundreds of hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players particular about controls and UI

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
97.8%
± 0.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 50+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,528 reviews

TrueGG, all time
98.6%
Steam overall
97.7%
Japanese, all time
97.6%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 3.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 83.2%.

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 (50h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 50 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h88%481–2 h87%312–5 h97%1885–10 h97%23510–20 h97%33220–50 h96%54650–100 h98%460100–200 h98%434200+ h97%634Positive share by playtime0–1 h4888%1–2 h3187%2–5 h18897%5–10 h23597%10–20 h33297%20–50 h54696%50–100 h46098%100–200 h43498%200+ h63497%

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 h87.5%—48
1–2 h87.1%—31
2–5 h96.8%—188
5–10 h96.6%100.0%235
10–20 h97.0%—332
20–50 h96.0%—546
50–100 h98.5%100.0%460
100–200 h97.7%—434
200+ h97.5%100.0%634

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 50+ hours. 76% had 20+ hours and 42% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Mount & Blade: Warband has a TrueGG Rating of 97.8%: the positive share among 1,528 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 50+ hours, close to Steam's overall 97.7%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 98.6%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, with 83% 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, crashes and bugs, and controls and UI. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and the story.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 97.6%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (97.7% 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, 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 / repetitive10% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among under 2h players
  • Crashes & bugs10% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players
  • Controls, UI & camera8% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among under 2h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel27% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
  • Story8% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 仲間＋ 可能＋ 豊富＋ 日本＋ 略奪＋ 盗賊＋ 騎兵＋ カルラディア− random− worst− waste− quests− real− hard− controls− slow

Counted from 334 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 rating97.7%All time, all languages · 172,489 reviews
Adjusted rating97.7%Weighted by trust (95% range 97.6%–97.8%), ±0.0pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews92.0%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−5.7pt vs overall) · 426 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%13%
Very short text48%37%
Key activated outside Steam17%20%
Received for free1%2%
Owns very few games20%13%
Over 100 reviews written3%7%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.720.72

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 66.7 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 2,000 4,000 6,000 2010-10: +6 / −0 2010-11: +94 / −0 2010-12: +200 / −0 2011-01: +75 / −0 2011-02: +37 / −1 2011-03: +43 / −0 2011-04: +36 / −0 2011-05: +75 / −0 2011-06: +45 / −1 2011-07: +245 / −1 2011-08: +58 / −0 2011-09: +64 / −0 2011-10: +39 / −1 2011-11: +36 / −0 2011-12: +216 / −1 2012-01: +55 / −1 2012-02: +33 / −0 2012-03: +42 / −0 2012-04: +92 / −0 2012-05: +69 / −1 2012-06: +99 / −1 2012-07: +328 / −1 2012-08: +137 / −1 2012-09: +113 / −0 2012-10: +95 / −0 2012-11: +90 / −0 2012-12: +138 / −1 2013-01: +126 / −1 2013-02: +68 / −1 2013-03: +99 / −1 2013-04: +92 / −0 2013-05: +109 / −1 2013-06: +139 / −0 2013-07: +254 / −0 2013-08: +119 / −0 2013-09: +86 / −0 2013-10: +130 / −0 2013-11: +277 / −3 2013-12: +755 / −8 2014-01: +486 / −5 2014-02: +420 / −6 2014-03: +295 / −6 2014-04: +252 / −5 2014-05: +275 / −3 2014-06: +1,306 / −22 2014-07: +2,164 / −42 2014-08: +536 / −11 2014-09: +372 / −9 2014-10: +408 / −11 2014-11: +1,149 / −32 2014-12: +1,296 / −55 2015-01: +929 / −26 2015-02: +599 / −20 2015-03: +452 / −10 2015-04: +455 / −11 2015-05: +468 / −15 2015-06: +1,235 / −39 2015-07: +577 / −19 2015-08: +1,236 / −39 2015-09: +627 / −18 2015-10: +500 / −8 2015-11: +550 / −22 2015-12: +982 / −25 2016-01: +904 / −31 2016-02: +673 / −18 2016-03: +507 / −7 2016-04: +415 / −14 2016-05: +476 / −17 2016-06: +749 / −22 2016-07: +677 / −22 2016-08: +798 / −35 2016-09: +543 / −12 2016-10: +461 / −10 2016-11: +3,578 / −22 2016-12: +1,040 / −33 2017-01: +952 / −36 2017-02: +679 / −17 2017-03: +1,204 / −25 2017-04: +493 / −19 2017-05: +478 / −17 2017-06: +973 / −21 2017-07: +1,026 / −47 2017-08: +602 / −21 2017-09: +539 / −18 2017-10: +509 / −21 2017-11: +2,498 / −30 2017-12: +1,037 / −33 2018-01: +856 / −31 2018-02: +614 / −18 2018-03: +467 / −26 2018-04: +609 / −33 2018-05: +485 / −22 2018-06: +620 / −26 2018-07: +718 / −23 2018-08: +521 / −17 2018-09: +393 / −21 2018-10: +326 / −21 2018-11: +2,128 / −25 2018-12: +686 / −34 2019-01: +606 / −36 2019-02: +515 / −15 2019-03: +378 / −16 2019-04: +355 / −14 2019-05: +418 / −17 2019-06: +2,170 / −25 2019-07: +2,917 / −41 2019-08: +407 / −39 2019-09: +273 / −15 2019-10: +947 / −25 2019-11: +4,194 / −42 2019-12: +3,056 / −34 2020-01: +3,041 / −38 2020-02: +2,281 / −37 2020-03: +3,806 / −45 2020-04: +3,184 / −54 2020-05: +1,319 / −33 2020-06: +1,374 / −50 2020-07: +1,471 / −41 2020-08: +891 / −29 2020-09: +796 / −17 2020-10: +1,204 / −30 2020-11: +1,540 / −23 2020-12: +1,900 / −35 2021-01: +1,572 / −45 2021-02: +1,460 / −28 2021-03: +1,031 / −19 2021-04: +882 / −25 2021-05: +1,032 / −37 2021-06: +1,170 / −32 2021-07: +1,268 / −31 2021-08: +814 / −19 2021-09: +665 / −18 2021-10: +699 / −12 2021-11: +1,326 / −27 2021-12: +1,279 / −45 2022-01: +1,154 / −33 2022-02: +931 / −22 2022-03: +779 / −20 2022-04: +621 / −15 2022-05: +631 / −15 2022-06: +1,312 / −46 2022-07: +1,208 / −22 2022-08: +792 / −20 2022-09: +810 / −30 2022-10: +709 / −36 2022-11: +1,260 / −23 2022-12: +848 / −22 2023-01: +932 / −29 2023-02: +646 / −10 2023-03: +731 / −30 2023-04: +592 / −12 2023-05: +532 / −14 2023-06: +512 / −19 2023-07: +891 / −26 2023-08: +669 / −16 2023-09: +459 / −20 2023-10: +455 / −15 2023-11: +1,135 / −27 2023-12: +646 / −24 2024-01: +620 / −21 2024-02: +426 / −14 2024-03: +1,986 / −89 2024-04: +733 / −26 2024-05: +544 / −25 2024-06: +689 / −25 2024-07: +849 / −25 2024-08: +563 / −25 2024-09: +483 / −22 2024-10: +431 / −15 2024-11: +513 / −13 2024-12: +636 / −16 2025-01: +588 / −20 2025-02: +416 / −18 2025-03: +536 / −16 2025-04: +385 / −10 2025-05: +361 / −11 2025-06: +445 / −25 2025-07: +512 / −15 2025-08: +377 / −12 2025-09: +349 / −14 2025-10: +467 / −11 2025-11: +429 / −20 2025-12: +580 / −21 2026-01: +453 / −20 2026-02: +315 / −8 2026-03: +427 / −22 2026-04: +437 / −11 2026-05: +397 / −10 2026-06: +348 / −13 2026-07: +493 / −21 2026-08: +323 / −11 2026-09: +278 / −12 2026-10: +271 / −5 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 97.5% 2024-03: update2024-09: update2026-07: update 2010-11: 100.0%2010-12: 100.0%2011-01: 100.0%2011-02: 97.4%2011-03: 100.0%2011-04: 100.0%2011-05: 100.0%2011-06: 97.8%2011-07: 99.6%2011-08: 100.0%2011-09: 100.0%2011-10: 97.5%2011-11: 100.0%2011-12: 99.5%2012-01: 98.2%2012-02: 100.0%2012-03: 100.0%2012-04: 100.0%2012-05: 98.6%2012-06: 99.0%2012-07: 99.7%2012-08: 99.3%2012-09: 100.0%2012-10: 100.0%2012-11: 100.0%2012-12: 99.3%2013-01: 99.2%2013-02: 98.6%2013-03: 99.0%2013-04: 100.0%2013-05: 99.1%2013-06: 100.0%2013-07: 100.0%2013-08: 100.0%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 100.0%2013-11: 98.9%2013-12: 99.0%2014-01: 99.0%2014-02: 98.6%2014-03: 98.0%2014-04: 98.1%2014-05: 98.9%2014-06: 98.3%2014-07: 98.1%2014-08: 98.0%2014-09: 97.6%2014-10: 97.4%2014-11: 97.3%2014-12: 95.9%2015-01: 97.3%2015-02: 96.8%2015-03: 97.8%2015-04: 97.6%2015-05: 96.9%2015-06: 96.9%2015-07: 96.8%2015-08: 96.9%2015-09: 97.2%2015-10: 98.4%2015-11: 96.2%2015-12: 97.5%2016-01: 96.7%2016-02: 97.4%2016-03: 98.6%2016-04: 96.7%2016-05: 96.6%2016-06: 97.1%2016-07: 96.9%2016-08: 95.8%2016-09: 97.8%2016-10: 97.9%2016-11: 99.4%2016-12: 96.9%2017-01: 96.4%2017-02: 97.6%2017-03: 98.0%2017-04: 96.3%2017-05: 96.6%2017-06: 97.9%2017-07: 95.6%2017-08: 96.6%2017-09: 96.8%2017-10: 96.0%2017-11: 98.8%2017-12: 96.9%2018-01: 96.5%2018-02: 97.2%2018-03: 94.7%2018-04: 94.9%2018-05: 95.7%2018-06: 96.0%2018-07: 96.9%2018-08: 96.8%2018-09: 94.9%2018-10: 93.9%2018-11: 98.8%2018-12: 95.3%2019-01: 94.4%2019-02: 97.2%2019-03: 95.9%2019-04: 96.2%2019-05: 96.1%2019-06: 98.9%2019-07: 98.6%2019-08: 91.3%2019-09: 94.8%2019-10: 97.4%2019-11: 99.0%2019-12: 98.9%2020-01: 98.8%2020-02: 98.4%2020-03: 98.8%2020-04: 98.3%2020-05: 97.6%2020-06: 96.5%2020-07: 97.3%2020-08: 96.8%2020-09: 97.9%2020-10: 97.6%2020-11: 98.5%2020-12: 98.2%2021-01: 97.2%2021-02: 98.1%2021-03: 98.2%2021-04: 97.2%2021-05: 96.5%2021-06: 97.3%2021-07: 97.6%2021-08: 97.7%2021-09: 97.4%2021-10: 98.3%2021-11: 98.0%2021-12: 96.6%2022-01: 97.2%2022-02: 97.7%2022-03: 97.5%2022-04: 97.6%2022-05: 97.7%2022-06: 96.6%2022-07: 98.2%2022-08: 97.5%2022-09: 96.4%2022-10: 95.2%2022-11: 98.2%2022-12: 97.5%2023-01: 97.0%2023-02: 98.5%2023-03: 96.1%2023-04: 98.0%2023-05: 97.4%2023-06: 96.4%2023-07: 97.2%2023-08: 97.7%2023-09: 95.8%2023-10: 96.8%2023-11: 97.7%2023-12: 96.4%2024-01: 96.7%2024-02: 96.8%2024-03: 95.7%2024-04: 96.6%2024-05: 95.6%2024-06: 96.5%2024-07: 97.1%2024-08: 95.7%2024-09: 95.6%2024-10: 96.6%2024-11: 97.5%2024-12: 97.5%2025-01: 96.7%2025-02: 95.9%2025-03: 97.1%2025-04: 97.5%2025-05: 97.0%2025-06: 94.7%2025-07: 97.2%2025-08: 96.9%2025-09: 96.1%2025-10: 97.7%2025-11: 95.5%2025-12: 96.5%2026-01: 95.8%2026-02: 97.5%2026-03: 95.1%2026-04: 97.5%2026-05: 97.5%2026-06: 96.4%2026-07: 95.9%2026-08: 96.7%2026-09: 95.9%2026-10: 98.2% 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2026-07-02 Viking Conquest 2.072 97% → 96% (−0.7pt)
2024-09-02 Viking Conquest 2.069 97% → 97% (+0.5pt)
2024-03-12 Viking Conquest 2.068 97% → 96% (−0.6pt)

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 10 20 30 2026-09-20: +3 / −0 2026-09-21: +11 / −0 2026-09-22: +11 / −1 2026-09-23: +10 / −0 2026-09-24: +17 / −3 2026-09-25: +14 / −0 2026-09-26: +15 / −1 2026-09-27: +9 / −1 2026-09-28: +11 / −0 2026-09-29: +6 / −1 2026-09-30: +12 / −0 2026-10-01: +13 / −0 2026-10-02: +15 / −0 2026-10-03: +21 / −0 2026-10-04: +16 / −0 2026-10-05: +19 / −1 2026-10-06: +13 / −0 2026-10-07: +21 / −0 2026-10-08: +17 / −1 2026-10-09: +12 / −2 2026-10-10: +17 / −0 2026-10-11: +15 / −0 2026-10-12: +15 / −0 2026-10-13: +14 / −1 2026-10-14: +14 / −0 2026-10-15: +11 / −0 2026-10-16: +14 / −0 2026-10-17: +11 / −0 2026-10-18: +12 / −0 2026-10-19: +1 / −0 09/2009/2710/0410/1110/18
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MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2010-1060100.0%
2010-11940100.0%
2010-122000100.0%
2011-01750100.0%
2011-0237197.4%
2011-03430100.0%
2011-04360100.0%
2011-05750100.0%
2011-0645197.8%
2011-07245199.6%
2011-08580100.0%
2011-09640100.0%
2011-1039197.5%
2011-11360100.0%
2011-12216199.5%
2012-0155198.2%
2012-02330100.0%
2012-03420100.0%
2012-04920100.0%
2012-0569198.6%
2012-0699199.0%
2012-07328199.7%
2012-08137199.3%
2012-091130100.0%
2012-10950100.0%
2012-11900100.0%
2012-12138199.3%
2013-01126199.2%
2013-0268198.6%
2013-0399199.0%
2013-04920100.0%
2013-05109199.1%
2013-061390100.0%
2013-072540100.0%
2013-081190100.0%
2013-09860100.0%
2013-101300100.0%
2013-11277398.9%
2013-12755899.0%
2014-01486599.0%
2014-02420698.6%
2014-03295698.0%
2014-04252598.1%
2014-05275398.9%
2014-061,3062298.3%
2014-072,1644298.1%
2014-085361198.0%
2014-09372997.6%
2014-104081197.4%
2014-111,1493297.3%
2014-121,2965595.9%
2015-019292697.3%
2015-025992096.8%
2015-034521097.8%
2015-044551197.6%
2015-054681596.9%
2015-061,2353996.9%
2015-075771996.8%
2015-081,2363996.9%
2015-096271897.2%
2015-10500898.4%
2015-115502296.2%
2015-129822597.5%
2016-019043196.7%
2016-026731897.4%
2016-03507798.6%
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2016-067492297.1%
2016-076772296.9%
2016-087983595.8%
2016-095431297.8%
2016-104611097.9%
2016-113,5782299.4%
2016-121,0403396.9%
2017-019523696.4%
2017-026791797.6%
2017-031,2042598.0%
2017-044931996.3%
2017-054781796.6%
2017-069732197.9%
2017-071,0264795.6%
2017-086022196.6%
2017-095391896.8%
2017-105092196.0%
2017-112,4983098.8%
2017-121,0373396.9%
2018-018563196.5%
2018-026141897.2%
2018-034672694.7%
2018-046093394.9%
2018-054852295.7%
2018-066202696.0%
2018-077182396.9%
2018-085211796.8%
2018-093932194.9%
2018-103262193.9%
2018-112,1282598.8%
2018-126863495.3%
2019-016063694.4%
2019-025151597.2%
2019-033781695.9%
2019-043551496.2%
2019-054181796.1%
2019-062,1702598.9%
2019-072,9174198.6%
2019-084073991.3%
2019-092731594.8%
2019-109472597.4%
2019-114,1944299.0%
2019-123,0563498.9%
2020-013,0413898.8%
2020-022,2813798.4%
2020-033,8064598.8%
2020-043,1845498.3%
2020-051,3193397.6%
2020-061,3745096.5%
2020-071,4714197.3%
2020-088912996.8%
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2020-101,2043097.6%
2020-111,5402398.5%
2020-121,9003598.2%
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2022-011,1543397.2%
2022-029312297.7%
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DayPositiveNegative
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06 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days96.4%496
Last 180 days96.9%2,904
All time97.7%172,489
Japanese, last 180 days100.0%4
08 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

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