Can you trust Valheim's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 92.6%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Valheim holds an official Steam rating of 93.6%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 92.6% (95% range 92.4–92.9%), 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 80.5% (1,823 reviews, 95% range 78.7–82.3%), 13.0 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 63.6%.
Positive reviews average 0.77 in trust and negative ones 0.89; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (37% overall).
Across 69 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 84.0%, 9.6 points below the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is weaker.
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% | 2% |
| Very short text | 39% | 13% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 22% | 17% |
| Received for free | 1% | 0% |
| Owns very few games | 14% | 6% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.77 | 0.89 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 128.5 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 79.2% | 13,745 |
| Last 180 days | 84.0% | 30,874 |
| All time | 93.6% | 559,470 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 63.6% | 121 |
About this verdict
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