Can you trust theHunter: Call of the Wild's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 87.9%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
theHunter: Call of the Wild holds an official Steam rating of 89.1%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 87.9% (95% range 87.4–88.2%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
Positive reviews contain more very short reviews (50% vs 15% of negative reviews). Average trust is 0.73 on the positive side and 0.82 on the negative side, which pulls the adjusted rating down.
Across 117 months of history, no month shows a concentrated wave of negative reviews. There is no sign of coordinated review activity.
The last 180 days show 88.4% (last 30 days: 86.2%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews alone show 83.1% (1,604 reviews, 95% range 81.2–84.9%), 6.0 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 90.2%.
The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.
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.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 2% | 22% |
| Very short text | 50% | 15% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 0% | 0% |
| Received for free | 0% | 0% |
| Owns very few games | 28% | 16% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 0% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.73 | 0.82 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 19.5 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 86.2% | 1,650 |
| Last 180 days | 88.4% | 9,006 |
| All time | 89.1% | 204,090 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 90.2% | 61 |
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