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What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 326 sampled Steam reviews (269 positive / 57 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Story & writing10% mention it
- Visuals & art6% mention it
- Controls & UI4% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Story & writing21% mention it
- Controls & UI14% mention it
- Grind & repetition14% mention it
- Difficulty & balance14% mention it
- Bugs & crashes11% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
79%
202 reviews
5-15h
86%
88 reviews
15-40h
89%
18 reviews
40-100h
93%
15 reviews
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) | – | 40 | 9 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 40 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 84% | 78 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 91% | 85 | 119 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 300 reviews sampled · 340 total reviews in window · weighted 140.5 up / 14 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (30)
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.
- 40
“The most enjoyable part of Hatred is when the protagonist grunts "try harder" at his wailing victims, only because it allows me to grunt back, "You first."”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Hatred offers a mediocre gaming experience and is definitely not among the top of the gaming industry. If you're looking for a solid action romp that doesn't play at anything, the following game is for you. The rest of you better keep your hands off the title.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“There have been more shocking and provocative things portrayed in the biggest blockbuster games than you'll see and do in Hatred. Maybe that's the point. Maybe this is all a garbled commentary on how normalised extreme violence has become in gaming. If so, it'll take something better than this tedious, glitchy shooter to ram the point home.”
read full review ↗ - 30
“Hatred isn't fun, interesting, or titillating enough to command your time or attention.”
read full review ↗ - 15
“A "suicide-by-cop simulator" of the same level as the abominable Ethnic Cleaning.”
read full review ↗ - 30
- 30
“Ultra violent and desperate to shock, but this is far too boring and repetitive a game to either love or hate.”
read full review ↗ - 40
“With an unimaginative outset, a try-too-hard look and controls that are almost unbearable, not even the most hardened tabloid newspaper should get offended by Hatred.”
read full review ↗ - 48
“With bad A.I., design issues, and repetitive combat, what there is to enjoy in Hatred quickly fades to black.”
read full review ↗ - 55
“In theory Hatred could have been great but lacklustre development gets it thrown into a pit of mediocrity. It joins a stack of games I played once and never touched again, and that disappoints me on a personal level as I was hoping for so much more.”
read full review ↗ - 40
“Ultimately, I believe that the Hatred team simply tried to make something controversial in the hopes that nobody would notice how forgettable their title is.”
read full review ↗ - 100
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