Return of the Obra Dinn
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How do players who really played Return of the Obra Dinn rate it? TrueGG Rating 98.1%

Release date: Oct 18, 2018 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 who dislike repetitive grinding
  • Players who want a brisk pace

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
98.1%
▲ +1.4 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,250 reviews

TrueGG, all time
98.8%
Steam overall
96.7%
Japanese, all time
95.8%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 3.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 70.6%.

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 h63%271–2 h72%252–5 h78%1205–10 h96%71410–20 h98%1,05220–50 h96%18850–100 h100%10100–200 h—0200+ h—0Positive share by playtime0–1 h2763%1–2 h2572%2–5 h12078%5–10 h71496%10–20 h1,05298%20–50 h18896%50–100 h10100%100–200 h0—200+ h0—

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 h63.0%—27
1–2 h72.0%0.0%25
2–5 h78.3%50.0%120
5–10 h95.7%81.0%714
10–20 h98.5%90.6%1,052
20–50 h95.7%75.0%188
50–100 h100.0%—10
100–200 h——0
200+ h——0

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 8% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Return of the Obra Dinn has a TrueGG Rating of 98.1%: the positive share among 1,250 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.7%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 98.8%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, and only 71% 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.

Negative reviews most often mention the story, graphics and music, and grind.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 95.8%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.8% 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, Grind, Movement & pacing, Boring / repetitive). 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

  • Story37% of negative reviews (22% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Graphics & music34% of negative reviews (19% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Grind24% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Movement & pacing23% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Boring / repetitive20% of negative reviews (1% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ 記憶＋ 感覚＋ オブラディン＋ 映像＋ 犯人＋ 結構＋ 不思議＋ 懐中時計− annoying− slow− half− wasn't− supposed− least− boring− waiting

Counted from 349 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 rating96.7%All time, all languages · 35,605 reviews
Adjusted rating96.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 96.7%–96.9%), +0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews91.9%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−4.7pt vs overall) · 608 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 review1%21%
Very short text21%7%
Key activated outside Steam6%6%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games6%3%
Over 100 reviews written4%12%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.880.85

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 9 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 2018-10: +686 / −14 2018-11: +893 / −10 2018-12: +452 / −18 2019-01: +431 / −19 2019-02: +237 / −7 2019-03: +162 / −8 2019-04: +665 / −40 2019-05: +230 / −5 2019-06: +330 / −7 2019-07: +431 / −11 2019-08: +102 / −6 2019-09: +101 / −3 2019-10: +103 / −4 2019-11: +198 / −3 2019-12: +436 / −11 2020-01: +403 / −21 2020-02: +418 / −17 2020-03: +247 / −9 2020-04: +254 / −3 2020-05: +501 / −23 2020-06: +315 / −15 2020-07: +611 / −13 2020-08: +333 / −13 2020-09: +250 / −6 2020-10: +624 / −36 2020-11: +375 / −6 2020-12: +360 / −19 2021-01: +430 / −8 2021-02: +337 / −10 2021-03: +259 / −7 2021-04: +219 / −7 2021-05: +194 / −3 2021-06: +237 / −9 2021-07: +327 / −10 2021-08: +216 / −8 2021-09: +162 / −7 2021-10: +432 / −17 2021-11: +221 / −13 2021-12: +239 / −10 2022-01: +336 / −15 2022-02: +181 / −5 2022-03: +149 / −4 2022-04: +250 / −10 2022-05: +339 / −8 2022-06: +262 / −9 2022-07: +358 / −18 2022-08: +188 / −6 2022-09: +165 / −6 2022-10: +237 / −7 2022-11: +393 / −13 2022-12: +313 / −6 2023-01: +291 / −8 2023-02: +657 / −29 2023-03: +648 / −19 2023-04: +267 / −10 2023-05: +204 / −13 2023-06: +180 / −4 2023-07: +512 / −26 2023-08: +394 / −14 2023-09: +225 / −9 2023-10: +579 / −23 2023-11: +329 / −10 2023-12: +350 / −13 2024-01: +415 / −16 2024-02: +242 / −12 2024-03: +224 / −7 2024-04: +192 / −7 2024-05: +340 / −14 2024-06: +407 / −12 2024-07: +254 / −8 2024-08: +229 / −11 2024-09: +203 / −3 2024-10: +357 / −17 2024-11: +289 / −7 2024-12: +414 / −15 2025-01: +413 / −10 2025-02: +282 / −13 2025-03: +228 / −7 2025-04: +185 / −5 2025-05: +234 / −8 2025-06: +404 / −10 2025-07: +215 / −7 2025-08: +220 / −8 2025-09: +205 / −9 2025-10: +810 / −43 2025-11: +462 / −14 2025-12: +321 / −14 2026-01: +881 / −46 2026-02: +356 / −19 2026-03: +251 / −13 2026-04: +197 / −13 2026-05: +326 / −15 2026-06: +472 / −25 2026-07: +300 / −5 2026-08: +268 / −14 2026-09: +197 / −12 2026-10: +278 / −18 2018/102019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 96.4% 2018-10: 98.0%2018-11: 98.9%2018-12: 96.2%2019-01: 95.8%2019-02: 97.1%2019-03: 95.3%2019-04: 94.3%2019-05: 97.9%2019-06: 97.9%2019-07: 97.5%2019-08: 94.4%2019-09: 97.1%2019-10: 96.3%2019-11: 98.5%2019-12: 97.5%2020-01: 95.0%2020-02: 96.1%2020-03: 96.5%2020-04: 98.8%2020-05: 95.6%2020-06: 95.5%2020-07: 97.9%2020-08: 96.2%2020-09: 97.7%2020-10: 94.5%2020-11: 98.4%2020-12: 95.0%2021-01: 98.2%2021-02: 97.1%2021-03: 97.4%2021-04: 96.9%2021-05: 98.5%2021-06: 96.3%2021-07: 97.0%2021-08: 96.4%2021-09: 95.9%2021-10: 96.2%2021-11: 94.4%2021-12: 96.0%2022-01: 95.7%2022-02: 97.3%2022-03: 97.4%2022-04: 96.2%2022-05: 97.7%2022-06: 96.7%2022-07: 95.2%2022-08: 96.9%2022-09: 96.5%2022-10: 97.1%2022-11: 96.8%2022-12: 98.1%2023-01: 97.3%2023-02: 95.8%2023-03: 97.2%2023-04: 96.4%2023-05: 94.0%2023-06: 97.8%2023-07: 95.2%2023-08: 96.6%2023-09: 96.2%2023-10: 96.2%2023-11: 97.1%2023-12: 96.4%2024-01: 96.3%2024-02: 95.3%2024-03: 97.0%2024-04: 96.5%2024-05: 96.0%2024-06: 97.1%2024-07: 96.9%2024-08: 95.4%2024-09: 98.5%2024-10: 95.5%2024-11: 97.6%2024-12: 96.5%2025-01: 97.6%2025-02: 95.6%2025-03: 97.0%2025-04: 97.4%2025-05: 96.7%2025-06: 97.6%2025-07: 96.8%2025-08: 96.5%2025-09: 95.8%2025-10: 95.0%2025-11: 97.1%2025-12: 95.8%2026-01: 95.0%2026-02: 94.9%2026-03: 95.1%2026-04: 93.8%2026-05: 95.6%2026-06: 95.0%2026-07: 98.4%2026-08: 95.0%2026-09: 94.3%2026-10: 93.9% 2018/102019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 2026-09-19: +8 / −1 2026-09-20: +9 / −0 2026-09-21: +3 / −0 2026-09-22: +8 / −0 2026-09-23: +4 / −0 2026-09-24: +8 / −0 2026-09-25: +3 / −1 2026-09-26: +8 / −3 2026-09-27: +6 / −0 2026-09-28: +10 / −1 2026-09-29: +6 / −0 2026-09-30: +9 / −1 2026-10-01: +8 / −0 2026-10-02: +13 / −1 2026-10-03: +20 / −0 2026-10-04: +22 / −1 2026-10-05: +19 / −2 2026-10-06: +16 / −1 2026-10-07: +15 / −2 2026-10-08: +17 / −2 2026-10-09: +18 / −1 2026-10-10: +20 / −2 2026-10-11: +20 / −2 2026-10-12: +12 / −0 2026-10-13: +15 / −0 2026-10-14: +12 / −1 2026-10-15: +8 / −0 2026-10-16: +15 / −0 2026-10-17: +19 / −1 2026-10-18: +9 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2018-106861498.0%
2018-118931098.9%
2018-124521896.2%
2019-014311995.8%
2019-02237797.1%
2019-03162895.3%
2019-046654094.3%
2019-05230597.9%
2019-06330797.9%
2019-074311197.5%
2019-08102694.4%
2019-09101397.1%
2019-10103496.3%
2019-11198398.5%
2019-124361197.5%
2020-014032195.0%
2020-024181796.1%
2020-03247996.5%
2020-04254398.8%
2020-055012395.6%
2020-063151595.5%
2020-076111397.9%
2020-083331396.2%
2020-09250697.7%
2020-106243694.5%
2020-11375698.4%
2020-123601995.0%
2021-01430898.2%
2021-023371097.1%
2021-03259797.4%
2021-04219796.9%
2021-05194398.5%
2021-06237996.3%
2021-073271097.0%
2021-08216896.4%
2021-09162795.9%
2021-104321796.2%
2021-112211394.4%
2021-122391096.0%
2022-013361595.7%
2022-02181597.3%
2022-03149497.4%
2022-042501096.2%
2022-05339897.7%
2022-06262996.7%
2022-073581895.2%
2022-08188696.9%
2022-09165696.5%
2022-10237797.1%
2022-113931396.8%
2022-12313698.1%
2023-01291897.3%
2023-026572995.8%
2023-036481997.2%
2023-042671096.4%
2023-052041394.0%
2023-06180497.8%
2023-075122695.2%
2023-083941496.6%
2023-09225996.2%
2023-105792396.2%
2023-113291097.1%
2023-123501396.4%
2024-014151696.3%
2024-022421295.3%
2024-03224797.0%
2024-04192796.5%
2024-053401496.0%
2024-064071297.1%
2024-07254896.9%
2024-082291195.4%
2024-09203398.5%
2024-103571795.5%
2024-11289797.6%
2024-124141596.5%
2025-014131097.6%
2025-022821395.6%
2025-03228797.0%
2025-04185597.4%
2025-05234896.7%
2025-064041097.6%
2025-07215796.8%
2025-08220896.5%
2025-09205995.8%
2025-108104395.0%
2025-114621497.1%
2025-123211495.8%
2026-018814695.0%
2026-023561994.9%
2026-032511395.1%
2026-041971393.8%
2026-053261595.6%
2026-064722595.0%
2026-07300598.4%
2026-082681495.0%
2026-091971294.3%
2026-102781893.9%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1981
2026-09-2090
2026-09-2130
2026-09-2280
2026-09-2340
2026-09-2480
2026-09-2531
2026-09-2683
2026-09-2760
2026-09-28101
2026-09-2960
2026-09-3091
2026-10-0180
2026-10-02131
2026-10-03200
2026-10-04221
2026-10-05192
2026-10-06161
2026-10-07152
2026-10-08172
2026-10-09181
2026-10-10202
2026-10-11202
2026-10-12120
2026-10-13150
2026-10-14121
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days93.6%404
Last 180 days95.4%2,130
All time96.7%35,605
Japanese, last 180 days81.2%69
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