Stormworks: Build and Rescue
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How do players who really played Stormworks: Build and Rescue rate it? TrueGG Rating 93.3%

Release date: Sep 17, 2020 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.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start
  • Players who like setting their own goals

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players buying on the promise of future updates (complaints about the developers)
  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
93.3%
▲ +2.8 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,917 reviews

TrueGG, all time
90.9%
Steam overall
90.5%
Japanese, all time
88.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 2.8% of all reviews. Their positive share is 55.4%.

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 (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h40%451–2 h47%432–5 h90%2575–10 h93%34610–20 h95%40220–50 h94%55650–100 h95%420100–200 h93%335200+ h92%606Positive share by playtime0–1 h4540%1–2 h4347%2–5 h25790%5–10 h34693%10–20 h40295%20–50 h55694%50–100 h42095%100–200 h33593%200+ h60692%

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 h40.0%—45
1–2 h46.5%—43
2–5 h90.3%—257
5–10 h93.4%—346
10–20 h95.0%—402
20–50 h94.4%0.0%556
50–100 h95.0%66.7%420
100–200 h92.5%100.0%335
200+ h91.6%100.0%606

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 67% had 20+ hours and 33% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Stormworks: Build and Rescue has a TrueGG Rating of 93.3%: the positive share among 1,917 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 90.5%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 90.9%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, and only 55% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

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

Negative reviews most often mention updates and the developers, crashes and bugs, and performance. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and freedom.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 88.3%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (89.6% 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 technical quality (Crashes & bugs, Performance). These can be fixed, so check recent reviews too. 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

  • Updates & developers23% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · 7 positive reviews say it improved
  • Crashes & bugs21% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Performance14% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players
  • Controls, UI & camera9% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among under 2h players
  • Community & co-op9% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel29% of positive reviews (19% of negative)
  • Freedom / sandbox8% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
＋ ブロック＋ 制御＋ ミッション＋ クラフトゲーム＋ 最高＋ 複雑＋ レスキュー＋ ロジック− off− unplayable− tutorial− buggy− terrible− problem− potential− whole

Counted from 351 recent negative and 592 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 rating90.5%All time, all languages · 60,446 reviews
Adjusted rating89.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 89.3%–90.0%), −0.9pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews85.1%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−5.4pt vs overall) · 343 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 review2%18%
Very short text45%14%
Key activated outside Steam5%9%
Received for free2%3%
Owns very few games22%8%
Over 100 reviews written0%2%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.750.83

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 44.5 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 2,000 2018-02: +4 / −0 2018-03: +52 / −8 2018-04: +32 / −5 2018-05: +43 / −1 2018-06: +60 / −6 2018-07: +57 / −7 2018-08: +42 / −6 2018-09: +59 / −6 2018-10: +77 / −12 2018-11: +173 / −15 2018-12: +101 / −12 2019-01: +121 / −15 2019-02: +125 / −10 2019-03: +128 / −22 2019-04: +102 / −8 2019-05: +114 / −11 2019-06: +250 / −29 2019-07: +274 / −28 2019-08: +113 / −17 2019-09: +133 / −26 2019-10: +263 / −22 2019-11: +1,070 / −34 2019-12: +635 / −28 2020-01: +614 / −30 2020-02: +519 / −20 2020-03: +537 / −27 2020-04: +617 / −40 2020-05: +595 / −34 2020-06: +502 / −35 2020-07: +533 / −26 2020-08: +535 / −35 2020-09: +1,034 / −142 2020-10: +697 / −64 2020-11: +1,180 / −46 2020-12: +721 / −58 2021-01: +801 / −121 2021-02: +628 / −59 2021-03: +518 / −127 2021-04: +524 / −47 2021-05: +557 / −53 2021-06: +509 / −57 2021-07: +480 / −41 2021-08: +582 / −47 2021-09: +552 / −32 2021-10: +1,016 / −88 2021-11: +566 / −41 2021-12: +646 / −50 2022-01: +711 / −61 2022-02: +987 / −116 2022-03: +619 / −64 2022-04: +605 / −56 2022-05: +628 / −55 2022-06: +778 / −70 2022-07: +765 / −65 2022-08: +651 / −45 2022-09: +620 / −37 2022-10: +828 / −130 2022-11: +635 / −61 2022-12: +652 / −61 2023-01: +737 / −62 2023-02: +584 / −58 2023-03: +605 / −64 2023-04: +602 / −35 2023-05: +673 / −54 2023-06: +871 / −91 2023-07: +1,085 / −104 2023-08: +767 / −106 2023-09: +711 / −64 2023-10: +920 / −715 2023-11: +635 / −137 2023-12: +659 / −103 2024-01: +711 / −89 2024-02: +551 / −65 2024-03: +570 / −72 2024-04: +426 / −45 2024-05: +542 / −60 2024-06: +558 / −81 2024-07: +621 / −89 2024-08: +493 / −65 2024-09: +494 / −44 2024-10: +466 / −55 2024-11: +555 / −53 2024-12: +646 / −52 2025-01: +576 / −62 2025-02: +441 / −45 2025-03: +518 / −54 2025-04: +366 / −38 2025-05: +387 / −35 2025-06: +390 / −43 2025-07: +540 / −65 2025-08: +515 / −45 2025-09: +368 / −31 2025-10: +392 / −36 2025-11: +460 / −25 2025-12: +586 / −63 2026-01: +613 / −48 2026-02: +406 / −35 2026-03: +469 / −48 2026-04: +413 / −41 2026-05: +470 / −58 2026-06: +443 / −30 2026-07: +493 / −43 2026-08: +423 / −41 2026-09: +374 / −42 2026-10: +242 / −20 2018/022019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 90.2% 2023-10: update2024-01: update2024-05: update2024-08: update2024-11: update2025-03: update2025-07: update 2018-03: 86.7%2018-04: 86.5%2018-05: 97.7%2018-06: 90.9%2018-07: 89.1%2018-08: 87.5%2018-09: 90.8%2018-10: 86.5%2018-11: 92.0%2018-12: 89.4%2019-01: 89.0%2019-02: 92.6%2019-03: 85.3%2019-04: 92.7%2019-05: 91.2%2019-06: 89.6%2019-07: 90.7%2019-08: 86.9%2019-09: 83.6%2019-10: 92.3%2019-11: 96.9%2019-12: 95.8%2020-01: 95.3%2020-02: 96.3%2020-03: 95.2%2020-04: 93.9%2020-05: 94.6%2020-06: 93.5%2020-07: 95.3%2020-08: 93.9%2020-09: 87.9%2020-10: 91.6%2020-11: 96.2%2020-12: 92.6%2021-01: 86.9%2021-02: 91.4%2021-03: 80.3%2021-04: 91.8%2021-05: 91.3%2021-06: 89.9%2021-07: 92.1%2021-08: 92.5%2021-09: 94.5%2021-10: 92.0%2021-11: 93.2%2021-12: 92.8%2022-01: 92.1%2022-02: 89.5%2022-03: 90.6%2022-04: 91.5%2022-05: 91.9%2022-06: 91.7%2022-07: 92.2%2022-08: 93.5%2022-09: 94.4%2022-10: 86.4%2022-11: 91.2%2022-12: 91.4%2023-01: 92.2%2023-02: 91.0%2023-03: 90.4%2023-04: 94.5%2023-05: 92.6%2023-06: 90.5%2023-07: 91.3%2023-08: 87.9%2023-09: 91.7%2023-10: 56.3%2023-11: 82.3%2023-12: 86.5%2024-01: 88.9%2024-02: 89.4%2024-03: 88.8%2024-04: 90.4%2024-05: 90.0%2024-06: 87.3%2024-07: 87.5%2024-08: 88.4%2024-09: 91.8%2024-10: 89.4%2024-11: 91.3%2024-12: 92.6%2025-01: 90.3%2025-02: 90.7%2025-03: 90.6%2025-04: 90.6%2025-05: 91.7%2025-06: 90.1%2025-07: 89.3%2025-08: 92.0%2025-09: 92.2%2025-10: 91.6%2025-11: 94.8%2025-12: 90.3%2026-01: 92.7%2026-02: 92.1%2026-03: 90.7%2026-04: 91.0%2026-05: 89.0%2026-06: 93.7%2026-07: 92.0%2026-08: 91.2%2026-09: 89.9%2026-10: 92.4% 2018/022019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2025-07-07 v1.15.0 - The Components, Physics, Gameplay Modding Update - OUT NOW! 91% → 92% (+1.2pt)
2025-03-12 v1.14.0 - The Sailing Major Update - OUT NOW! 90% → 91% (+0.7pt)
2024-11-13 Modding Major Update + Dev Q&A! 91% → 91% (+0.8pt)
2024-08-14 v1.12.0 - The Lobster Pot Major Update! 87% → 91% (+3.2pt)
2024-05-01 One Week to Commercial Fishing Major Update! 89% → 87% (−2.1pt)
2024-01-31 v1.10.0 - The Rod Fishing Major Update! 84% → 89% (+4.8pt)
2023-10-06 Stormworks: Space DLC - 12th October! 90% → 84% (−5.3pt)

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: +10 / −3 2026-09-21: +10 / −3 2026-09-22: +12 / −0 2026-09-23: +8 / −2 2026-09-24: +10 / −1 2026-09-25: +16 / −1 2026-09-26: +12 / −0 2026-09-27: +18 / −2 2026-09-28: +4 / −2 2026-09-29: +11 / −4 2026-09-30: +13 / −1 2026-10-01: +7 / −1 2026-10-02: +14 / −0 2026-10-03: +16 / −2 2026-10-04: +21 / −3 2026-10-05: +13 / −2 2026-10-06: +16 / −2 2026-10-07: +13 / −2 2026-10-08: +19 / −1 2026-10-09: +17 / −0 2026-10-10: +20 / −0 2026-10-11: +11 / −0 2026-10-12: +9 / −1 2026-10-13: +8 / −0 2026-10-14: +11 / −2 2026-10-15: +10 / −1 2026-10-16: +12 / −0 2026-10-17: +10 / −2 2026-10-18: +12 / −1 2026-10-19: +3 / −0 09/2009/2710/0410/1110/18
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2018-0240100.0%
2018-0352886.7%
2018-0432586.5%
2018-0543197.7%
2018-0660690.9%
2018-0757789.1%
2018-0842687.5%
2018-0959690.8%
2018-10771286.5%
2018-111731592.0%
2018-121011289.4%
2019-011211589.0%
2019-021251092.6%
2019-031282285.3%
2019-04102892.7%
2019-051141191.2%
2019-062502989.6%
2019-072742890.7%
2019-081131786.9%
2019-091332683.6%
2019-102632292.3%
2019-111,0703496.9%
2019-126352895.8%
2020-016143095.3%
2020-025192096.3%
2020-035372795.2%
2020-046174093.9%
2020-055953494.6%
2020-065023593.5%
2020-075332695.3%
2020-085353593.9%
2020-091,03414287.9%
2020-106976491.6%
2020-111,1804696.2%
2020-127215892.6%
2021-0180112186.9%
2021-026285991.4%
2021-0351812780.3%
2021-045244791.8%
2021-055575391.3%
2021-065095789.9%
2021-074804192.1%
2021-085824792.5%
2021-095523294.5%
2021-101,0168892.0%
2021-115664193.2%
2021-126465092.8%
2022-017116192.1%
2022-0298711689.5%
2022-036196490.6%
2022-046055691.5%
2022-056285591.9%
2022-067787091.7%
2022-077656592.2%
2022-086514593.5%
2022-096203794.4%
2022-1082813086.4%
2022-116356191.2%
2022-126526191.4%
2023-017376292.2%
2023-025845891.0%
2023-036056490.4%
2023-046023594.5%
2023-056735492.6%
2023-068719190.5%
2023-071,08510491.3%
2023-0876710687.9%
2023-097116491.7%
2023-1092071556.3%
2023-1163513782.3%
2023-1265910386.5%
2024-017118988.9%
2024-025516589.4%
2024-035707288.8%
2024-044264590.4%
2024-055426090.0%
2024-065588187.3%
2024-076218987.5%
2024-084936588.4%
2024-094944491.8%
2024-104665589.4%
2024-115555391.3%
2024-126465292.6%
2025-015766290.3%
2025-024414590.7%
2025-035185490.6%
2025-043663890.6%
2025-053873591.7%
2025-063904390.1%
2025-075406589.3%
2025-085154592.0%
2025-093683192.2%
2025-103923691.6%
2025-114602594.8%
2025-125866390.3%
2026-016134892.7%
2026-024063592.1%
2026-034694890.7%
2026-044134191.0%
2026-054705889.0%
2026-064433093.7%
2026-074934392.0%
2026-084234191.2%
2026-093744289.9%
2026-102422092.4%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-20103
2026-09-21103
2026-09-22120
2026-09-2382
2026-09-24101
2026-09-25161
2026-09-26120
2026-09-27182
2026-09-2842
2026-09-29114
2026-09-30131
2026-10-0171
2026-10-02140
2026-10-03162
2026-10-04213
2026-10-05132
2026-10-06162
2026-10-07132
2026-10-08191
2026-10-09170
2026-10-10200
2026-10-11110
2026-10-1291
2026-10-1380
2026-10-14112
2026-10-15101
2026-10-16120
2026-10-17102
2026-10-18121
2026-10-1930
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days90.3%434
Last 180 days91.8%3,013
All time90.5%60,446
Japanese, last 180 days83.3%12
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