Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
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How do players who really played Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition rate it? TrueGG Rating 88.3%

Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than 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

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)
  • Players relying on Japanese (Japanese reviews rate it lower)

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

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
88.3%
▲ +4.9 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 9,662 reviews

TrueGG, all time
88.2%
Steam overall
83.4%
Japanese, all time
73.6%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 11.2% of all reviews. Their positive share is 50.4%.

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 (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 h44%4421–2 h63%2872–5 h91%1,9625–10 h91%2,05110–20 h89%2,49920–50 h86%4,21450–100 h90%1,991100–200 h94%743200+ h96%215Positive share by playtime0–1 h44244%1–2 h28763%2–5 h1,96291%5–10 h2,05191%10–20 h2,49989%20–50 h4,21486%50–100 h1,99190%100–200 h74394%200+ h21596%

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 h44.1%—442
1–2 h63.4%0.0%287
2–5 h91.2%100.0%1,962
5–10 h90.8%100.0%2,051
10–20 h89.1%100.0%2,499
20–50 h85.9%100.0%4,214
50–100 h89.7%75.0%1,991
100–200 h93.5%100.0%743
200+ h95.8%0.0%215

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 45% had 20+ hours and 7% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition has a TrueGG Rating of 88.3%: the positive share among 9,662 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 83.4%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 88.2%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 11% of the total, and only 50% 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 crashes and bugs and updates and the developers. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels, 前作・シリーズ, and graphics and music.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 73.6%, 14.8 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (82.4% 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). 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

  • Crashes & bugs22% of negative reviews (9% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Updates & developers10% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel19% of positive reviews (10% of negative)
  • Compared with earlier entries9% of positive reviews (2% of negative)
  • Graphics & music9% of positive reviews (6% of negative)
  • Monetization & DLC7% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 雰囲気＋ 個人的＋ リバティーシティ＋ 注意＋ 世界＋ シリーズ＋ リアル＋ 発売− account− helicopter− actually− launch− reason− instead− hour− due

Counted from 419 recent negative and 555 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 rating83.4%All time, all languages · 206,541 reviews
Adjusted rating82.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 81.9%–83.0%), −1.0pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews68.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−15.2pt vs overall) · 375 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%23%
Very short text47%14%
Key activated outside Steam6%6%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games18%10%
Over 100 reviews written2%2%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.760.81

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 25.4 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 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2010-10: +4 / −0 2010-11: +11 / −0 2010-12: +36 / −3 2011-01: +31 / −3 2011-02: +8 / −2 2011-03: +11 / −0 2011-04: +28 / −2 2011-05: +12 / −0 2011-06: +15 / −1 2011-07: +94 / −4 2011-08: +17 / −2 2011-09: +26 / −4 2011-10: +49 / −1 2011-11: +31 / −3 2011-12: +110 / −4 2012-01: +45 / −2 2012-02: +20 / −2 2012-03: +18 / −1 2012-04: +23 / −0 2012-05: +26 / −0 2012-06: +19 / −0 2012-07: +196 / −6 2012-08: +57 / −4 2012-09: +31 / −2 2012-10: +22 / −1 2012-11: +104 / −5 2012-12: +63 / −6 2013-01: +83 / −6 2013-02: +33 / −2 2013-03: +48 / −3 2013-04: +103 / −7 2013-05: +115 / −5 2013-06: +87 / −4 2013-07: +171 / −14 2013-08: +96 / −5 2013-09: +77 / −6 2013-10: +67 / −2 2013-11: +224 / −54 2013-12: +937 / −228 2014-01: +682 / −190 2014-02: +342 / −89 2014-03: +751 / −365 2014-04: +330 / −107 2014-05: +292 / −77 2014-06: +1,511 / −505 2014-07: +569 / −186 2014-08: +355 / −118 2014-09: +279 / −121 2014-10: +242 / −127 2014-11: +345 / −179 2014-12: +842 / −621 2015-01: +546 / −289 2015-02: +354 / −148 2015-03: +301 / −148 2015-04: +501 / −381 2015-05: +282 / −188 2015-06: +544 / −394 2015-07: +259 / −165 2015-08: +215 / −143 2015-09: +183 / −99 2015-10: +222 / −226 2015-11: +438 / −324 2015-12: +434 / −466 2016-01: +423 / −496 2016-02: +355 / −327 2016-03: +252 / −192 2016-04: +185 / −147 2016-05: +187 / −169 2016-06: +349 / −323 2016-07: +420 / −449 2016-08: +258 / −171 2016-09: +268 / −347 2016-10: +223 / −208 2016-11: +657 / −284 2016-12: +422 / −237 2017-01: +375 / −168 2017-02: +281 / −129 2017-03: +226 / −81 2017-04: +179 / −71 2017-05: +180 / −79 2017-06: +493 / −815 2017-07: +475 / −248 2017-08: +288 / −167 2017-09: +201 / −105 2017-10: +211 / −102 2017-11: +541 / −173 2017-12: +400 / −230 2018-01: +451 / −197 2018-02: +272 / −140 2018-03: +242 / −109 2018-04: +183 / −170 2018-05: +196 / −159 2018-06: +281 / −215 2018-07: +340 / −222 2018-08: +230 / −123 2018-09: +375 / −249 2018-10: +175 / −80 2018-11: +559 / −111 2018-12: +311 / −148 2019-01: +288 / −122 2019-02: +282 / −145 2019-03: +196 / −104 2019-04: +184 / −89 2019-05: +189 / −87 2019-06: +498 / −128 2019-07: +568 / −107 2019-08: +177 / −88 2019-09: +137 / −63 2019-10: +205 / −56 2019-11: +850 / −81 2019-12: +721 / −99 2020-01: +896 / −130 2020-02: +558 / −77 2020-03: +1,628 / −497 2020-04: +1,532 / −381 2020-05: +1,046 / −298 2020-06: +931 / −295 2020-07: +1,503 / −290 2020-08: +774 / −142 2020-09: +633 / −99 2020-10: +649 / −107 2020-11: +1,067 / −128 2020-12: +1,770 / −245 2021-01: +1,799 / −220 2021-02: +1,419 / −188 2021-03: +2,077 / −325 2021-04: +1,605 / −192 2021-05: +1,233 / −135 2021-06: +1,358 / −193 2021-07: +1,723 / −243 2021-08: +2,082 / −326 2021-09: +982 / −132 2021-10: +1,076 / −143 2021-11: +1,991 / −302 2021-12: +2,305 / −334 2022-01: +1,551 / −181 2022-02: +1,524 / −214 2022-03: +1,546 / −294 2022-04: +916 / −103 2022-05: +1,417 / −217 2022-06: +1,299 / −157 2022-07: +1,924 / −285 2022-08: +1,455 / −193 2022-09: +1,524 / −204 2022-10: +936 / −130 2022-11: +1,173 / −117 2022-12: +1,723 / −228 2023-01: +2,246 / −310 2023-02: +1,589 / −183 2023-03: +1,833 / −255 2023-04: +1,402 / −148 2023-05: +1,890 / −187 2023-06: +2,082 / −241 2023-07: +2,111 / −250 2023-08: +2,430 / −320 2023-09: +1,572 / −237 2023-10: +2,214 / −278 2023-11: +2,954 / −349 2023-12: +2,844 / −379 2024-01: +2,333 / −297 2024-02: +2,473 / −338 2024-03: +1,831 / −271 2024-04: +1,785 / −262 2024-05: +1,721 / −250 2024-06: +1,415 / −208 2024-07: +2,266 / −315 2024-08: +1,552 / −251 2024-09: +1,831 / −244 2024-10: +1,140 / −171 2024-11: +1,193 / −163 2024-12: +1,845 / −270 2025-01: +2,192 / −381 2025-02: +1,888 / −294 2025-03: +1,629 / −270 2025-04: +1,120 / −177 2025-05: +1,672 / −242 2025-06: +1,888 / −482 2025-07: +1,795 / −262 2025-08: +1,391 / −224 2025-09: +1,183 / −197 2025-10: +1,225 / −157 2025-11: +1,911 / −303 2025-12: +1,785 / −249 2026-01: +2,238 / −368 2026-02: +1,944 / −283 2026-03: +1,469 / −194 2026-04: +1,731 / −253 2026-05: +1,477 / −239 2026-06: +1,818 / −291 2026-07: +2,835 / −431 2026-08: +1,670 / −314 2026-09: +2,269 / −339 2026-10: +1,460 / −185 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 82.5% 2010-12: 92.3%2011-01: 91.2%2011-04: 93.3%2011-07: 95.9%2011-09: 86.7%2011-10: 98.0%2011-11: 91.2%2011-12: 96.5%2012-01: 95.7%2012-07: 97.0%2012-08: 93.4%2012-09: 93.9%2012-11: 95.4%2012-12: 91.3%2013-01: 93.3%2013-02: 94.3%2013-03: 94.1%2013-04: 93.6%2013-05: 95.8%2013-06: 95.6%2013-07: 92.4%2013-08: 95.0%2013-09: 92.8%2013-10: 97.1%2013-11: 80.6%2013-12: 80.4%2014-01: 78.2%2014-02: 79.4%2014-03: 67.3%2014-04: 75.5%2014-05: 79.1%2014-06: 75.0%2014-07: 75.4%2014-08: 75.1%2014-09: 69.8%2014-10: 65.6%2014-11: 65.8%2014-12: 57.6%2015-01: 65.4%2015-02: 70.5%2015-03: 67.0%2015-04: 56.8%2015-05: 60.0%2015-06: 58.0%2015-07: 61.1%2015-08: 60.1%2015-09: 64.9%2015-10: 49.6%2015-11: 57.5%2015-12: 48.2%2016-01: 46.0%2016-02: 52.1%2016-03: 56.8%2016-04: 55.7%2016-05: 52.5%2016-06: 51.9%2016-07: 48.3%2016-08: 60.1%2016-09: 43.6%2016-10: 51.7%2016-11: 69.8%2016-12: 64.0%2017-01: 69.1%2017-02: 68.5%2017-03: 73.6%2017-04: 71.6%2017-05: 69.5%2017-06: 37.7%2017-07: 65.7%2017-08: 63.3%2017-09: 65.7%2017-10: 67.4%2017-11: 75.8%2017-12: 63.5%2018-01: 69.6%2018-02: 66.0%2018-03: 68.9%2018-04: 51.8%2018-05: 55.2%2018-06: 56.7%2018-07: 60.5%2018-08: 65.2%2018-09: 60.1%2018-10: 68.6%2018-11: 83.4%2018-12: 67.8%2019-01: 70.2%2019-02: 66.0%2019-03: 65.3%2019-04: 67.4%2019-05: 68.5%2019-06: 79.6%2019-07: 84.1%2019-08: 66.8%2019-09: 68.5%2019-10: 78.5%2019-11: 91.3%2019-12: 87.9%2020-01: 87.3%2020-02: 87.9%2020-03: 76.6%2020-04: 80.1%2020-05: 77.8%2020-06: 75.9%2020-07: 83.8%2020-08: 84.5%2020-09: 86.5%2020-10: 85.8%2020-11: 89.3%2020-12: 87.8%2021-01: 89.1%2021-02: 88.3%2021-03: 86.5%2021-04: 89.3%2021-05: 90.1%2021-06: 87.6%2021-07: 87.6%2021-08: 86.5%2021-09: 88.2%2021-10: 88.3%2021-11: 86.8%2021-12: 87.3%2022-01: 89.5%2022-02: 87.7%2022-03: 84.0%2022-04: 89.9%2022-05: 86.7%2022-06: 89.2%2022-07: 87.1%2022-08: 88.3%2022-09: 88.2%2022-10: 87.8%2022-11: 90.9%2022-12: 88.3%2023-01: 87.9%2023-02: 89.7%2023-03: 87.8%2023-04: 90.5%2023-05: 91.0%2023-06: 89.6%2023-07: 89.4%2023-08: 88.4%2023-09: 86.9%2023-10: 88.8%2023-11: 89.4%2023-12: 88.2%2024-01: 88.7%2024-02: 88.0%2024-03: 87.1%2024-04: 87.2%2024-05: 87.3%2024-06: 87.2%2024-07: 87.8%2024-08: 86.1%2024-09: 88.2%2024-10: 87.0%2024-11: 88.0%2024-12: 87.2%2025-01: 85.2%2025-02: 86.5%2025-03: 85.8%2025-04: 86.4%2025-05: 87.4%2025-06: 79.7%2025-07: 87.3%2025-08: 86.1%2025-09: 85.7%2025-10: 88.6%2025-11: 86.3%2025-12: 87.8%2026-01: 85.9%2026-02: 87.3%2026-03: 88.3%2026-04: 87.2%2026-05: 86.1%2026-06: 86.2%2026-07: 86.8%2026-08: 84.2%2026-09: 87.0%2026-10: 88.8% 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 50 100 150 2026-09-19: +105 / −17 2026-09-20: +93 / −13 2026-09-21: +81 / −14 2026-09-22: +85 / −12 2026-09-23: +90 / −14 2026-09-24: +79 / −11 2026-09-25: +88 / −10 2026-09-26: +107 / −20 2026-09-27: +110 / −17 2026-09-28: +91 / −13 2026-09-29: +93 / −16 2026-09-30: +76 / −10 2026-10-01: +93 / −14 2026-10-02: +91 / −15 2026-10-03: +107 / −15 2026-10-04: +126 / −13 2026-10-05: +85 / −10 2026-10-06: +82 / −12 2026-10-07: +78 / −8 2026-10-08: +87 / −4 2026-10-09: +72 / −10 2026-10-10: +76 / −11 2026-10-11: +111 / −11 2026-10-12: +78 / −8 2026-10-13: +51 / −15 2026-10-14: +52 / −9 2026-10-15: +62 / −8 2026-10-16: +70 / −7 2026-10-17: +69 / −7 2026-10-18: +70 / −8 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2010-1040100.0%
2010-11110100.0%
2010-1236392.3%
2011-0131391.2%
2011-028280.0%
2011-03110100.0%
2011-0428293.3%
2011-05120100.0%
2011-0615193.8%
2011-0794495.9%
2011-0817289.5%
2011-0926486.7%
2011-1049198.0%
2011-1131391.2%
2011-12110496.5%
2012-0145295.7%
2012-0220290.9%
2012-0318194.7%
2012-04230100.0%
2012-05260100.0%
2012-06190100.0%
2012-07196697.0%
2012-0857493.4%
2012-0931293.9%
2012-1022195.7%
2012-11104595.4%
2012-1263691.3%
2013-0183693.3%
2013-0233294.3%
2013-0348394.1%
2013-04103793.6%
2013-05115595.8%
2013-0687495.6%
2013-071711492.4%
2013-0896595.0%
2013-0977692.8%
2013-1067297.1%
2013-112245480.6%
2013-1293722880.4%
2014-0168219078.2%
2014-023428979.4%
2014-0375136567.3%
2014-0433010775.5%
2014-052927779.1%
2014-061,51150575.0%
2014-0756918675.4%
2014-0835511875.1%
2014-0927912169.8%
2014-1024212765.6%
2014-1134517965.8%
2014-1284262157.6%
2015-0154628965.4%
2015-0235414870.5%
2015-0330114867.0%
2015-0450138156.8%
2015-0528218860.0%
2015-0654439458.0%
2015-0725916561.1%
2015-0821514360.1%
2015-091839964.9%
2015-1022222649.6%
2015-1143832457.5%
2015-1243446648.2%
2016-0142349646.0%
2016-0235532752.1%
2016-0325219256.8%
2016-0418514755.7%
2016-0518716952.5%
2016-0634932351.9%
2016-0742044948.3%
2016-0825817160.1%
2016-0926834743.6%
2016-1022320851.7%
2016-1165728469.8%
2016-1242223764.0%
2017-0137516869.1%
2017-0228112968.5%
2017-032268173.6%
2017-041797171.6%
2017-051807969.5%
2017-0649381537.7%
2017-0747524865.7%
2017-0828816763.3%
2017-0920110565.7%
2017-1021110267.4%
2017-1154117375.8%
2017-1240023063.5%
2018-0145119769.6%
2018-0227214066.0%
2018-0324210968.9%
2018-0418317051.8%
2018-0519615955.2%
2018-0628121556.7%
2018-0734022260.5%
2018-0823012365.2%
2018-0937524960.1%
2018-101758068.6%
2018-1155911183.4%
2018-1231114867.8%
2019-0128812270.2%
2019-0228214566.0%
2019-0319610465.3%
2019-041848967.4%
2019-051898768.5%
2019-0649812879.6%
2019-0756810784.1%
2019-081778866.8%
2019-091376368.5%
2019-102055678.5%
2019-118508191.3%
2019-127219987.9%
2020-0189613087.3%
2020-025587787.9%
2020-031,62849776.6%
2020-041,53238180.1%
2020-051,04629877.8%
2020-0693129575.9%
2020-071,50329083.8%
2020-0877414284.5%
2020-096339986.5%
2020-1064910785.8%
2020-111,06712889.3%
2020-121,77024587.8%
2021-011,79922089.1%
2021-021,41918888.3%
2021-032,07732586.5%
2021-041,60519289.3%
2021-051,23313590.1%
2021-061,35819387.6%
2021-071,72324387.6%
2021-082,08232686.5%
2021-0998213288.2%
2021-101,07614388.3%
2021-111,99130286.8%
2021-122,30533487.3%
2022-011,55118189.5%
2022-021,52421487.7%
2022-031,54629484.0%
2022-0491610389.9%
2022-051,41721786.7%
2022-061,29915789.2%
2022-071,92428587.1%
2022-081,45519388.3%
2022-091,52420488.2%
2022-1093613087.8%
2022-111,17311790.9%
2022-121,72322888.3%
2023-012,24631087.9%
2023-021,58918389.7%
2023-031,83325587.8%
2023-041,40214890.5%
2023-051,89018791.0%
2023-062,08224189.6%
2023-072,11125089.4%
2023-082,43032088.4%
2023-091,57223786.9%
2023-102,21427888.8%
2023-112,95434989.4%
2023-122,84437988.2%
2024-012,33329788.7%
2024-022,47333888.0%
2024-031,83127187.1%
2024-041,78526287.2%
2024-051,72125087.3%
2024-061,41520887.2%
2024-072,26631587.8%
2024-081,55225186.1%
2024-091,83124488.2%
2024-101,14017187.0%
2024-111,19316388.0%
2024-121,84527087.2%
2025-012,19238185.2%
2025-021,88829486.5%
2025-031,62927085.8%
2025-041,12017786.4%
2025-051,67224287.4%
2025-061,88848279.7%
2025-071,79526287.3%
2025-081,39122486.1%
2025-091,18319785.7%
2025-101,22515788.6%
2025-111,91130386.3%
2025-121,78524987.8%
2026-012,23836885.9%
2026-021,94428387.3%
2026-031,46919488.3%
2026-041,73125387.2%
2026-051,47723986.1%
2026-061,81829186.2%
2026-072,83543186.8%
2026-081,67031484.2%
2026-092,26933987.0%
2026-101,46018588.8%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1910517
2026-09-209313
2026-09-218114
2026-09-228512
2026-09-239014
2026-09-247911
2026-09-258810
2026-09-2610720
2026-09-2711017
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06 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days88.6%3,036
Last 180 days87.2%14,373
All time83.4%206,541
Japanese, last 180 days80.0%15
08 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

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