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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 74 | 10 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 97 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 85% | 79 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 78 | 7 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 49% | 51 | 6 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 15 reviews sampled · 17 total reviews in window · weighted 5.4 up / 5.6 down · computed 6h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (43)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 60
“For those who just want to spend plenty of hours going around showing other ships who's boss, Rebel Galaxy is an ideal proposition. However, those looking for anything particularly substantial in other aspects are unlikely to find much depth lying in wait. Considering the size of its development team, Double Damage Games has found a good, if nowhere near universal, amount of appeal.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“If basing it on the combat alone, Rebel Galaxy fares high. Story and the like need consideration, though, and they are lacking. It's like having a fancy car with a low tank; fun while it lasts until it sputters down and out (due to the grind), and it takes a tediously and pointlessly long time to get up and going again, by which point the fun may have worn off.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“At face value, Rebel Galaxy is an entertaining arcade slugging match with controls simple enough to be picked up by newer players and customisation options appealing to the completionist. With its bombastic cowboy rock soundtrack and Wild West aesthetic, it's certain to provide a few hours of interesting content. However, the longer you play, the more the cracks appear, with the whole thing eventually becoming a grind with more than a fair share of bugs helping the game to feel overly unforgiving and unfair. Time will tell if these issues get fixed but for the moment, Rebel Galaxy is several light years from where it truly wants to be.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Eschewing complex 3D flight models for whiskey and galactic broadsides, Rebel Galaxy takes the traditional space trading model, dresses it in spurs, and sets it loose on a frontier that’s dynamic, dangerous and unashamedly fun.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Rebel Galaxy is a streamlined take on the space sim that while nowhere near as complex as its PC peers still has enough going on to keep you more than entertained. It's a real shame then that despite its enjoyable ship-to-ship combat, interesting setting, and fantastic soundtrack, it ultimately ends up being tarnished by a repetitive grind that needlessly pads out its length.”
read full review ↗ - 84
“A well-made space action exploration game with solid visuals and sound and an explosively fun combat system. Its non-story driven content gets repetitive after a while but you will be thoroughly entertained until then.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“Rebel Galaxy has a ton of style and an incredible atmosphere that captures the weird little subgenre of space western to wonderful effect. But its repetitive combat and focus on trucking across the galaxy means that it’s not as exciting as it could be. There’s a lot to like, but you’ve got to work for it.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Rebel Galaxy offers an exciting, if streamlined experience of commanding a large spaceship with a heavy focus on combat. It doesn't do much with the story beyond inviting you into its universe, but the gameplay, Western-inspired setting and procedurally generated nature will keep you playing for many hours.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“Rebel Galaxy's rendition of space is full of possibilities - but they're all a little too dull and repetitive for it to really work.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“It doesn’t really do a lot more than what Elite achieved over 30 years ago, but this is a fun and accessible, if rather repetitive, space trading game.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“The galaxy may be a bit empty, but there's still a lot to love about Rebel Galaxy. [Dec 2015, p.64]”
- 70
“Rebel Galaxy’s combat can be a lot of fun, but there's little depth and a lot of repetition.”
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Patch history
- 1.08b Hotfix PatchJun 15, 2016
- 1.08b Hotfix PatchJun 15, 2016
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to Version 1.07Nov 17, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to Version 1.07Nov 17, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.06Oct 29, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.06Oct 29, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.05Oct 27, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.05Oct 27, 2015
- Hotfix to 1.041Oct 24, 2015
- Hotfix to 1.041Oct 24, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.04Oct 23, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.04Oct 23, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.03Oct 22, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.03Oct 22, 2015
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.02Oct 21, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Rebel Galaxy Patch to version 1.02Oct 21, 2015
- Small Launch Day PatchOct 20, 2015
- Small Launch Day PatchOct 20, 2015
- Little PatchOct 18, 2015
- Little PatchOct 18, 2015
- Review/Streamers PatchOct 16, 2015
- Review/Streamers PatchOct 16, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #I-Don't-knowOct 15, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Review/Streamers Patch #I-Don't-knowOct 15, 2015
- Reviews/Streamers Recent Patch SummaryOct 14, 2015
- Reviews/Streamers Recent Patch SummaryOct 14, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #4Oct 11, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Review/Streamers Patch #4Oct 11, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #3Oct 10, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #3Oct 10, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #2Oct 9, 2015
- Review/Streamers Patch #2Oct 9, 2015
- Review/Streamers PatchOct 8, 2015
- Review/Streamers PatchOct 8, 2015