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For 2,398 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 94 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lowest review score: 10 Fast & Furious Crossroads
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,563 out of 2398
  2. Mixed: 773 out of 2398
  3. Negative: 62 out of 2398
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    • 46 Critic Score
    INDUSTRIA II
    Story shooter with big ambitions and plenty of rough edges, that would have deserved more time and care.
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    Grounded 2
    Quotation forthcoming. [Early Access Review]
    • 55 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Outpost: Infinity Siege
    The actually good concept is mercilessly drowned in a flood of poor game design choices and flawed programming.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    South Park: Snow Day!
    Uninspired button-mashing that is saved neither by humor nor story.
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    • 37 Critic Score
    Empyrion - Galactic Survival: Dark Faction
    A disappointing first DLC that Empyrion doesn't deserve. Better stick to the base game and mods.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 26 Critic Score
    Flashback 2
    The most pointless sequel since Duke Nukem Forever. Every single good idea is crushed by five bad ones.
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    • 44 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1
    Legendary cult games in a botched collection. Here Konami didn't put any effort into releasing a decent edition.
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    Revival: Recolonization
    Revival: Recolonization has many ideas to find its niche in the classic Civilization-4X genre. But their implementation is lacking. [Early Access Review]
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    Silica
    Silica at this point holds exciting promise for the future. [Early Access review]
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    Big Ambitions
    I can recommend Big Ambitions to anyone who has always wanted to know what it's like to start your own business and see it thrive and flourish.
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    Mechabellum
    If the Chinese developers listen to their fans and throw their weird combat power system overboard, nothing stands in the way of success. [Early Access Review]
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings - Gollum
    A monotonous, frustrating adventure game that wouldn't be fun even without the severe bugs and performance problems.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Shadows of Doubt
    The amazing open world of Shadow of Doubt deserves a better game. [Early Access Review]
    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Ravenbound
    Lousy open-world roguelite with a sterile, lifeless game world, weak combat and ridiculously little content.
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    One Military Camp
    The Spanish indie development team Abylight Barcelona has turned a dark setting into a surprisingly relaxed, funny construction sim. [Early Access Review]
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    Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
    Colony Ship is a tactical RPG with a surprisingly interesting sci-fi story. [Early Access Review]
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    Flight Of Nova
    Only NASA has more realistic space simulations. [Early Access Review]
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    Surviving the Abyss
    It's a good thing that Surviving the Abyss is just getting started in Early Access, as community feedback and new content will hopefully lead to a more rounded and better game over time. [Early Access]
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    • 35 Critic Score
    TRADER LIFE SIMULATOR 2
    If life as a supermarket manager were as boring and terrifying as it is here, then we would have a problem - because nobody would do the job.
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    Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
    You should keep Cosmoteer on your radar or you'll miss out on the next space hit. [Early Access review]
    • 76 Metascore
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    Land of the Vikings
    Everything the Viking game does I've seen way too many times lately. [Early Access Review]
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    Nobody - The Turnaround
    It may well be that Nobody - The Turnaround started its Early Access too early.
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    Frozen Flame
    Basic framework of a survival RPG with interesting co-op systems and a lot of room for improvement. [Early Access review]
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    GOAL! The Club Manager
    Goal! The Club Manager should never have been released in this state. Not even in Early Access. [Early Access Review]
    • 83 Metascore
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    Terra Invicta
    Terra Invcita is a typical modder game: full of soul and completely overloaded. [Early Access Review[
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    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
    In terms of atmosphere, it's already so engrossing that the several hours of playtime per battle just fly by. [Early Access Review]
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    • 40 Critic Score
    UNDECEMBER
    Moderately entertaining action RPG that [...] aggressively pushes players into the in-game shop.
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    Torchlight: Infinite
    Multiplayer is still missing, the user interface is crap, but it plays surprisingly well. The endgame is also fun. [Early Access review]
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    Sapiens
    Sapiens joins the now quite a long list of promising building sims in Early Access, which are still a long way from completion. [Early Access Review]
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    Sweet Transit
    In this railway construction game, the challenging route planning is particularly convincing. But there is still a lot to do before full release. [Early Access Review]
    • 79 Metascore
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    Alaloth - Champions of The Four Kingdoms
    In its current state, there are simply too many cogwheels missing in the gearbox, so I advise against buying it. Instead, you should reconsider a purchase upon release. [Early Access Review]
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    Clanfolk
    Clanfolk isn't as good as Rimworld yet, but it's not missing much. [Early Access review]
    • 62 Metascore
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    CrossFire: Legion
    While it's undoubtedly a competent game even at this stage, I can see little reason why anyone would choose it over Starcraft 2. [Early Access Review]
    • 80 Metascore
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    My Time at Sandrock
    My Time at Sandrock sends the idyllic farmstead simulation genre into the desert. Sounds risky, but it pays off in full even in Early Access.
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    Captain of Industry
    It combines Anno islands with Factorio automatisms - and that's addictive! [Early Access Review]
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    Prehistoric Kingdom
    In the end, it could actually become anything in between a total failure and a big hit. [Early Access Review]
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    Sea of Craft
    The individual game components are too unfinished, the controls are too uncomfortable and the campaign is too boring. Now, the crucial question is: Can Sea of Craft turn things around within its Early Access phase? [Early Access Review]
    • 66 Metascore
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    Achilles: Legends Untold
    To put it politely, we can say that the idea behind Achilles: Legends Untold is quite interesting and that theoretically it could still become a good game. At the moment, however, it's so heavily half-baked and unfinished. [Early Access Review]
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    The Iron Oath
    What exists so far is excellent, no question about it, but you must be really starved for tactical RPGs if this very early version of the game is worth a whopping 20 euros to you. [Early Access Review]
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    ABRISS - build to destroy
    Wrecked buildings have never looked fancier.
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    Highrise City
    Anno plus Cities: Skylines results in an identity crisis. [Early Access Review]
    • 86 Metascore
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    Core Keeper
    In its current state, Core Keeper is no replacement for Terraria or Minecraft. [...] That, however, doesn't make Core Keeper a bad game, quite the opposite. [Early Access review]
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    WARNO
    There's not a whole lot in Warno's Early Access version yet, but what's there is actually fun and prompts genuine anticipation. [Early Access review]
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    Breakwaters
    The potential of this survival game, with what is probably the most realistic water physics to date, is indeed enormous. [Early Access]
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    Myth of Empires
    Who would have thought that an Early Access game these days would come onto the market in a more complete state than some of the triple-A blockbusters. Bugs and glitches are negligible and are fixed remarkably prompt. Myth of Empires is an exciting project, which, especially at its full release, could shake up the genre. [Early Access]
    • 84 Metascore
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    Gordian Quest
    I've been playing Gordian Quest way longer than necessary. [Early Access Review]
    • 74 Metascore
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    Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    The game is currently still noticeably lacking in content, this Early Access release is more reminiscent of a larger demo.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 28 Critic Score
    eFootball 2022
    It's the worst-rated game on Steam for a reason, soccer fans are left heartbroken.
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    Train Life: A Railway Simulator
    Train Life merges two genres that enthrall rail-fans.
    • 72 Metascore
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    Honey, I Joined a Cult
    So far, the cult simulator is quite promising. Sound, appearance and the humorous mood go together very well and convey a convincing 70s atmosphere. [Early Access Review]
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    Glitchpunk
    On the whole, it mimics the originals so well that when I played it I felt like I was looking at an early, unfinished Cyberpunk GTA. [Early Access Review]
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    Farmer's Life
    Even for the low price, Farmer's Life is at this point only worthwhile if you are interested in the setting. [Early Access review]
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    Starmancer
    The lack of fine-tuning and elaborate features is so severe that I currently cannot encourage anyone to buy it.
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    Death Trash
    Fans of Fallout and those interested in post-apocalyptic fiction with a weakness for fast-paced action can get it without hesitation. However, if plot and quest decisions are of the uttermost importance for you, Death Trash clearly has too little to offer at this time.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris
    The Siege of Paris simply delivers another Northman adventure that doesn't stand out in any way.
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    The Immortal Mayor
    All in all, The Immortal Mayor shows some promising approaches, yet nothing more. The first deficiencies become apparent after a short playing time. [Early Access]
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    Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
    The approach of combining the gameplay of Factorio with action- and roguelike elements is very interesting in theory. However, its implementation currently leaves too many wishes unfulfilled, especially in regard to the far too simplistic combat system. [Early Access]
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    Industries of Titan
    https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/industries-of-titan-test-steam-review,3371108.html
    • 55 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Elite: Dangerous - Odyssey
    Unfinished, overpriced, void and technically weak expansion with inferior gameplay.
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    Distant Kingdoms
    Distant Kingdoms is already a rock-solid city builder with well-interlinked mechanisms and motivating gameplay. [Early Access Review]
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    Voxel Tycoon
    Voxel Tycoon is something like a love child of a threesome between Transport Tycoon, Minecraft and Factorio. [Early Access review]
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    Skid Cities
    Skid Cities is a potential hit in need of fine-tuning.
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    Star Dynasties
    The game hardly develops original concepts and fails to implement the more complex structures seen in its role models. There is just no reason to choose Star Dynasties over Crusader Kings 3 or Stellaris.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Fast & Furious Crossroads
    What happens when you invest the entire budget for a game in top-class actors and then have nothing left for the rest?
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    • 48 Critic Score
    Cube World (2019)
    What I absolutely do not think is right: to sell a half-cooked game as a "finished" product - with less content than six years ago! Because so leaves the completely surprising release of Cube World a more than bland connotation.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The Quiet Man
    As a stylistic experiment The Quiet Man is quite courageous, as a game in terms of execution an absolute flop.
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    • 38 Critic Score
    Super Street: The Game
    Dumb sexism, catastrophic controls, pretended tuning: racing fans should steer clear from Super Street: The Game.
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    • 19 Critic Score
    Airport Simulator 2019
    The number of bugs in Airport Simulator 2019 is so absurd and almost funny that it almost made us increase the review score. This idea was rejected by editorial vote.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 29 Critic Score
    Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
    In all respects an uncalled-for continuation of one of the supposedly worst games ever. Yes, the original was better.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Dynasty Warriors 9
    The concept of fusing open world and Musou is interesting, but it misses the mark due to poor performance and numerous bugs.
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    • 37 Critic Score
    Autobahn Police Simulator 2
    Rotating lights and lots of shadows: Autobahn Police Simulator puts great ideas into a merciless shredder.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Hello Neighbor
    The basic concept is solid, but due to its bad implementation, the game is almost a total write-off.
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    • 21 Critic Score
    Road Rage
    To create something worse than your last product is almost an achievement, but Road Rage is really worse than Flatout: Chaos & Destruction.
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    • 30 Critic Score
    Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
    Classic RPG in the style of Might & Magic and Eye of the Beholder that was published in an unintuitive and unfinished state and without manual.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Syberia 3
    An adventure game with clever puzzles and a nice story that stumbles over bad technical quirks and out-of-date graphics.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 37 Critic Score
    RollerCoaster Tycoon World
    It would be a quite decent theme park simulations if it weren't for all those bugs, crashes and a sub-par performance.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
    A shooter with bugs, missing features, balancing problems and an ingame-shop using real money.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Bus Simulator 16
    There are some interesting ideas, but the simulation can't keep up with its own claims of being a job simulation.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Bombshell (2016)
    The gameplay is a wreck, the heroine is lame, the story is ridiculous and the humor is cringe-worthy. Already one of the worst games of the year.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 19 Critic Score
    Cityconomy
    Every single activity is unbelievably repetitive and boring and the graphics look like they're from the year 2003. It may have been a cool idea, but the implementation is awful.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Submerged
    There is no meaning, no point. It's just a boring game that lasts three hours.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 23 Critic Score
    Alone in the Dark: Illumination
    The 'Alone in the Dark" movie by Uwe Boll was the worst thing to happen to the series - until this game. It feels like the developers just stopped working at some point and went home.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Hatred
    I have to kill everbody. It works, but it's a primitive piece of garbage. It's so bad, it's almost funny.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Raven's Cry
    As an RPG, it's a disaster. Seen as a trashy pirate adventure it's crazy, funny and absurd.
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    • 34 Critic Score
    F.E.A.R. Online
    Quotation forthcoming.
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      • Posted Dec 1, 2014
    • 61 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Lovely Planet
    Lovely Planet wants to hammer home that it is sweet, crazy and colorful. But unfortunately, this is all just a facade. Underneath it's a superficial shooter that offers little variety and I can always shoot down the same boring tube passages.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Wayward Manor
    Neil Gaiman should have stuck to writing, too complex for kids, too boring for adults.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    Rambo: The Video Game
    Quotation forthcoming.
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      • Posted Feb 21, 2014
    • 33 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    X Rebirth
    The renovation fails: not only are the new additions crooked and wrong, they also bring the really solid foundation down.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Tactical Intervention
    It feels rushed and it's probably only good as a reminder how unapproachable team shooters have been at the turn of the millennium.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 28 Critic Score
    The Chaos Engine (2013)
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    DARK (2013)
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 23 Critic Score
    Ride to Hell: Retribution
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 43 Critic Score
    Zack Zero
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Star Trek The Video Game
    After this shock I must urgently re-play something better. For example, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Impire
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    Infestation: Survivor Stories (The War Z)
    The War Z is plagued by too many mistakes, but the developers seem to be unprofessional. I've watched the development of the game for too long now - without realizing improvement.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Iron Sky: Invasion
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    Realms of Ancient War
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Postal III
    I could fill novels with what is wrong with Postal 3. To shorten the whole thing, three words are enough: I am shocked. Not by the representation of violence and the scabrous knee-slappers, that many people see in the series. No, I'm shocked that Postal 3 turns out to be a technically older than dirt data cluster with lame gameplay, which has absolutely nothing really individual anymore. Oh dear, Postal 3 stimulates not even controversial discussions! In the end, it consists only of trivial game mechanics, which were copied cheesy from other games and have nothing to do with Postal itself anymore. Thereby Postal 3 is one of the biggest disappointments of 2011 for me. What have the developers just done for all eight years?
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