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SwitchWatch

Press160 reviews on recordTrust score from 42 scored reviews vs. playerswebsite ↗

matches players
Bias
within ~11 pts
Vs player sentiment
0.00
Ranks like players
42
Games compared

How this trust score was computed

Trust blends alignment (40%): does the outlet rank games the way players do; decoded accuracy (30%): after translating the outlet's own scale habits (a '7/10 means mediocre' scale is decoded, not punished), how well its reviews predict player sentiment; and player-side (30%): on games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, whose side it took. Recent reviews weigh more (2-year half-life), and the blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small samples can't peg the scale. Player quality is launch-window Steam sentiment, so outlets aren't punished for reviewing a launch build that later got patched.

50
Alignment (40%)
69
Decoded accuracy (30%)
6
Player-side (30%)

Controversy record: on 8 games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 0 times.

Computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Outlet vs. players

Each dot is a game both this outlet and players scored. The dashed line is perfect agreement: dots above it mean the outlet was more generous than players, below it more harsh.

Biggest disagreements with players

The receipts: games where this outlet's verdict landed furthest from player sentiment.

  1. +31SMITE®outlet 90 · players 59 · Jan 2019
  2. +17Darkest Dungeon®outlet 95 · players 78 · Jan 2018
  3. -28Crawloutlet 60 · players 89 · Dec 2017
  4. +16South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™outlet 80 · players 64 · Apr 2018
  5. +33Trials® Risingoutlet 85 · players 52 · Feb 2019
  6. -30The Coma: Recutoutlet 50 · players 80 · Dec 2017
  7. +21UnEpicoutlet 95 · players 74 · Dec 2017
  8. -12The Escapists 2outlet 70 · players 82 · Jan 2018
  9. -26Crimsonlandoutlet 65 · players 91 · Dec 2017
  10. -16SteamWorld Digoutlet 70 · players 87 · Feb 2018

Recent reviews (102 tracked)