Can you trust HELLDIVERS 2's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 73.4%
Genuinely great 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
HELLDIVERS 2 holds an official Steam rating of 75.7%. After weighting 800 positive and 800 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 73.4% (95% range 72.9–73.8%), 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).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 64.2% (1,746 reviews, 95% range 61.9–66.4%), 11.5 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 72.9%.
Positive reviews contain more very short reviews (43% vs 14% of negative reviews). Average trust is 0.74 on the positive side and 0.83 on the negative side, which pulls the adjusted rating down.
Across 33 months of history, May 2024 stands out: review volume and the negative share jumped together. Of 343,328 reviews that month, 67% were negative, and that single month holds 66% of all negative reviews. Excluding it, the positive share in the monthly data rises from 61.8% to 79.2%.
The last 180 days show 65.8%, 9.9 points below the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is weaker. However, the last 30 days show 86.3%, a sign of recovery.
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 | 1% | 6% |
| Very short text | 43% | 14% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 29% | 35% |
| Received for free | 2% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 15% | 10% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 1% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.74 | 0.83 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 72.2 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2024-05). Detection rule
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 86.3% | 6,033 |
| Last 180 days | 65.8% | 48,420 |
| All time | 75.7% | 1,166,421 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 72.9% | 107 |
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