I know I'm late to the party but I just found out and didn't find a post regarding this

TL;DR: Steam now calculates review scores based on reviews made on your languages only (if enough). This is on by default, but can be reverted to go back to review scores based on all reviews (from people that purchased the game directly on Steam only)

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[–] -4 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Steam reviews are a great source of info and entertainment. The score is absolutely useless.

When actually picking my next game I've trusted the same gaming magazine for over 30 years.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why do you think the scores are useless? They are good starting point and/or a way to evaluate smaller indie titles that often don't get professional reviews.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Which magazine? I’m legitimately surprised that (m)any have survived, to be honest!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Pelit. I don't know how old it is but the above one was the first issue I bought. One of the original dudes still there making up terrible wordplays.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    The score is useful. It could be better if Steam had a proper review system instead of just "good" or "bad"

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I dunno how useful that would be. Way back in the day eg. youtube had a star rating system for videos, and users gave 0-5 stars... except they found out that overwhelmingly vast majority of users only used 0 and 5, nothing in between.

    While a more granular review system would be nice, it's just the users that don't and won't use it properly. Even if some users would use scores other than [min] and [max], they would be such a droplet in an ocean.

    Even with the current thumbs up/down people get it wrong. Give it a thumbs up but write a scathing review.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    fair enough, youtube probably wasn't a good comparison, but GOG should be. They have written text alongside the 1-5 star review. Now, there are grades 2-4, but in general 1 and 5 seem to be the most used ones.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Even with the current thumbs up/down people get it wrong. Give it a thumbs up but write a scathing review.

    I've done that and it's a result of not having more options than good/bad. Always the same cause: I really wanted to write a 3* review for a game that has a lot to praise but its core is fundamentally flawed, but Steam doesn't let me give a 3*, so I try to correct for the review score bracket I think the game should be in.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Even with the current thumbs up/down people get it wrong. Give it a thumbs up but write a scathing review.

    I've never understood those reviews

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