Devil May Cry 5
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How do players who really played Devil May Cry 5 rate it? TrueGG Rating 97.4%

Release date: Mar 7, 2019 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.

Think twice if you are

  • Players who put story first
  • Players particular about controls and UI
  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
97.4%
▲ +1.4 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 6,897 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.1%
Steam overall
96.0%
Japanese, all time
90.7%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 79.5%.

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 (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h67%3081–2 h83%2802–5 h95%1,7225–10 h96%2,71210–20 h97%3,82520–50 h98%1,90050–100 h98%697100–200 h95%320200+ h88%155Positive share by playtime0–1 h30867%1–2 h28083%2–5 h1,72295%5–10 h2,71296%10–20 h3,82597%20–50 h1,90098%50–100 h69798%100–200 h32095%200+ h15588%

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 h66.9%—308
1–2 h82.9%50.0%280
2–5 h95.4%66.7%1,722
5–10 h95.7%71.4%2,712
10–20 h97.5%100.0%3,825
20–50 h98.2%100.0%1,900
50–100 h98.0%80.0%697
100–200 h94.7%100.0%320
200+ h88.4%100.0%155

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 33% had 20+ hours and 5% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Devil May Cry 5 has a TrueGG Rating of 97.4%: the positive share among 6,897 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.1%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 4% of the total, with 79% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

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

Negative reviews most often mention the story, controls and UI, and boredom.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 90.7%, 6.7 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.0% 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 (Story, Controls, UI & camera, Boring / repetitive, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you. 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

  • Story31% of negative reviews (22% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch · 8 positive reviews say it improved
  • Controls, UI & camera18% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Boring / repetitive17% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Movement & pacing10% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · more than at launch

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ jackpot＋ デビルブレイカー＋ 最高＋ 初心者＋ motivated＋ peak＋ アクションゲーム＋ 悪魔− controls− lock− look− controller− work− worst− wasn't− move

Counted from 365 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 rating96.0%All time, all languages · 171,865 reviews
Adjusted rating96.0%Weighted by trust (95% range 95.9%–96.2%), ±0.0pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews86.1%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−9.9pt vs overall) · 469 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%27%
Very short text41%18%
Key activated outside Steam20%26%
Received for free2%2%
Owns very few games14%5%
Over 100 reviews written2%8%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.760.76

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 11 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 5,000 10k 2019-03: +7,452 / −643 2019-04: +569 / −58 2019-05: +234 / −39 2019-06: +1,038 / −52 2019-07: +904 / −37 2019-08: +104 / −10 2019-09: +156 / −14 2019-10: +267 / −17 2019-11: +2,892 / −46 2019-12: +2,780 / −95 2020-01: +1,650 / −55 2020-02: +1,652 / −70 2020-03: +848 / −37 2020-04: +574 / −23 2020-05: +844 / −42 2020-06: +626 / −25 2020-07: +1,076 / −57 2020-08: +507 / −34 2020-09: +916 / −349 2020-10: +793 / −66 2020-11: +1,251 / −76 2020-12: +2,111 / −101 2021-01: +1,358 / −43 2021-02: +999 / −26 2021-03: +735 / −21 2021-04: +1,146 / −48 2021-05: +1,163 / −27 2021-06: +951 / −32 2021-07: +1,060 / −27 2021-08: +685 / −20 2021-09: +1,221 / −36 2021-10: +610 / −26 2021-11: +818 / −29 2021-12: +762 / −26 2022-01: +701 / −36 2022-02: +580 / −15 2022-03: +944 / −50 2022-04: +544 / −15 2022-05: +1,015 / −32 2022-06: +2,258 / −72 2022-07: +2,278 / −70 2022-08: +1,114 / −23 2022-09: +1,740 / −51 2022-10: +1,165 / −35 2022-11: +2,233 / −77 2022-12: +1,578 / −44 2023-01: +2,009 / −48 2023-02: +1,282 / −34 2023-03: +2,060 / −63 2023-04: +1,209 / −50 2023-05: +1,319 / −35 2023-06: +1,680 / −49 2023-07: +2,036 / −59 2023-08: +1,138 / −31 2023-09: +1,217 / −45 2023-10: +987 / −27 2023-11: +1,469 / −39 2023-12: +1,792 / −42 2024-01: +1,454 / −166 2024-02: +1,037 / −42 2024-03: +1,816 / −84 2024-04: +881 / −31 2024-05: +1,090 / −32 2024-06: +1,473 / −58 2024-07: +1,583 / −44 2024-08: +1,235 / −45 2024-09: +1,034 / −31 2024-10: +830 / −36 2024-11: +1,002 / −26 2024-12: +1,213 / −36 2025-01: +914 / −32 2025-02: +1,067 / −38 2025-03: +873 / −33 2025-04: +5,153 / −159 2025-05: +1,937 / −55 2025-06: +2,777 / −91 2025-07: +1,754 / −66 2025-08: +1,429 / −66 2025-09: +766 / −41 2025-10: +859 / −41 2025-11: +793 / −24 2025-12: +1,070 / −36 2026-01: +1,061 / −56 2026-02: +869 / −37 2026-03: +864 / −35 2026-04: +993 / −41 2026-05: +2,808 / −127 2026-06: +1,741 / −66 2026-07: +2,011 / −85 2026-08: +1,056 / −66 2026-09: +951 / −54 2026-10: +648 / −32 2019/032020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 95.9% 2019-03: 92.1%2019-04: 90.7%2019-05: 85.7%2019-06: 95.2%2019-07: 96.1%2019-08: 91.2%2019-09: 91.8%2019-10: 94.0%2019-11: 98.4%2019-12: 96.7%2020-01: 96.8%2020-02: 95.9%2020-03: 95.8%2020-04: 96.1%2020-05: 95.3%2020-06: 96.2%2020-07: 95.0%2020-08: 93.7%2020-09: 72.4%2020-10: 92.3%2020-11: 94.3%2020-12: 95.4%2021-01: 96.9%2021-02: 97.5%2021-03: 97.2%2021-04: 96.0%2021-05: 97.7%2021-06: 96.7%2021-07: 97.5%2021-08: 97.2%2021-09: 97.1%2021-10: 95.9%2021-11: 96.6%2021-12: 96.7%2022-01: 95.1%2022-02: 97.5%2022-03: 95.0%2022-04: 97.3%2022-05: 96.9%2022-06: 96.9%2022-07: 97.0%2022-08: 98.0%2022-09: 97.2%2022-10: 97.1%2022-11: 96.7%2022-12: 97.3%2023-01: 97.7%2023-02: 97.4%2023-03: 97.0%2023-04: 96.0%2023-05: 97.4%2023-06: 97.2%2023-07: 97.2%2023-08: 97.3%2023-09: 96.4%2023-10: 97.3%2023-11: 97.4%2023-12: 97.7%2024-01: 89.8%2024-02: 96.1%2024-03: 95.6%2024-04: 96.6%2024-05: 97.1%2024-06: 96.2%2024-07: 97.3%2024-08: 96.5%2024-09: 97.1%2024-10: 95.8%2024-11: 97.5%2024-12: 97.1%2025-01: 96.6%2025-02: 96.6%2025-03: 96.4%2025-04: 97.0%2025-05: 97.2%2025-06: 96.8%2025-07: 96.4%2025-08: 95.6%2025-09: 94.9%2025-10: 95.4%2025-11: 97.1%2025-12: 96.7%2026-01: 95.0%2026-02: 95.9%2026-03: 96.1%2026-04: 96.0%2026-05: 95.7%2026-06: 96.3%2026-07: 95.9%2026-08: 94.1%2026-09: 94.6%2026-10: 95.3% 2019/032020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 2026-09-19: +33 / −4 2026-09-20: +37 / −2 2026-09-21: +18 / −1 2026-09-22: +28 / −1 2026-09-23: +20 / −1 2026-09-24: +36 / −4 2026-09-25: +27 / −5 2026-09-26: +30 / −1 2026-09-27: +31 / −1 2026-09-28: +27 / −2 2026-09-29: +20 / −5 2026-09-30: +26 / −1 2026-10-01: +25 / −1 2026-10-02: +46 / −1 2026-10-03: +41 / −3 2026-10-04: +50 / −1 2026-10-05: +34 / −1 2026-10-06: +43 / −2 2026-10-07: +31 / −0 2026-10-08: +47 / −2 2026-10-09: +22 / −3 2026-10-10: +37 / −1 2026-10-11: +46 / −6 2026-10-12: +30 / −1 2026-10-13: +18 / −1 2026-10-14: +39 / −0 2026-10-15: +35 / −3 2026-10-16: +29 / −2 2026-10-17: +40 / −1 2026-10-18: +35 / −3 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2019-037,45264392.1%
2019-045695890.7%
2019-052343985.7%
2019-061,0385295.2%
2019-079043796.1%
2019-081041091.2%
2019-091561491.8%
2019-102671794.0%
2019-112,8924698.4%
2019-122,7809596.7%
2020-011,6505596.8%
2020-021,6527095.9%
2020-038483795.8%
2020-045742396.1%
2020-058444295.3%
2020-066262596.2%
2020-071,0765795.0%
2020-085073493.7%
2020-0991634972.4%
2020-107936692.3%
2020-111,2517694.3%
2020-122,11110195.4%
2021-011,3584396.9%
2021-029992697.5%
2021-037352197.2%
2021-041,1464896.0%
2021-051,1632797.7%
2021-069513296.7%
2021-071,0602797.5%
2021-086852097.2%
2021-091,2213697.1%
2021-106102695.9%
2021-118182996.6%
2021-127622696.7%
2022-017013695.1%
2022-025801597.5%
2022-039445095.0%
2022-045441597.3%
2022-051,0153296.9%
2022-062,2587296.9%
2022-072,2787097.0%
2022-081,1142398.0%
2022-091,7405197.2%
2022-101,1653597.1%
2022-112,2337796.7%
2022-121,5784497.3%
2023-012,0094897.7%
2023-021,2823497.4%
2023-032,0606397.0%
2023-041,2095096.0%
2023-051,3193597.4%
2023-061,6804997.2%
2023-072,0365997.2%
2023-081,1383197.3%
2023-091,2174596.4%
2023-109872797.3%
2023-111,4693997.4%
2023-121,7924297.7%
2024-011,45416689.8%
2024-021,0374296.1%
2024-031,8168495.6%
2024-048813196.6%
2024-051,0903297.1%
2024-061,4735896.2%
2024-071,5834497.3%
2024-081,2354596.5%
2024-091,0343197.1%
2024-108303695.8%
2024-111,0022697.5%
2024-121,2133697.1%
2025-019143296.6%
2025-021,0673896.6%
2025-038733396.4%
2025-045,15315997.0%
2025-051,9375597.2%
2025-062,7779196.8%
2025-071,7546696.4%
2025-081,4296695.6%
2025-097664194.9%
2025-108594195.4%
2025-117932497.1%
2025-121,0703696.7%
2026-011,0615695.0%
2026-028693795.9%
2026-038643596.1%
2026-049934196.0%
2026-052,80812795.7%
2026-061,7416696.3%
2026-072,0118595.9%
2026-081,0566694.1%
2026-099515494.6%
2026-106483295.3%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19334
2026-09-20372
2026-09-21181
2026-09-22281
2026-09-23201
2026-09-24364
2026-09-25275
2026-09-26301
2026-09-27311
2026-09-28272
2026-09-29205
2026-09-30261
2026-10-01251
2026-10-02461
2026-10-03413
2026-10-04501
2026-10-05341
2026-10-06432
2026-10-07310
2026-10-08472
2026-10-09223
2026-10-10371
2026-10-11466
2026-10-12301
2026-10-13181
2026-10-14390
2026-10-15353
2026-10-16292
2026-10-17401
2026-10-18353
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days94.0%1,291
Last 180 days95.6%11,875
All time96.0%171,865
Japanese, last 180 days85.7%35
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