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GameStar

PressTrust score from 358 scored reviews vs. players

4 above players
Bias
within ~8 pts
Vs player sentiment
0.43
Ranks like players
358
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.

72
Alignment (40%)
76
Decoded accuracy (30%)
27
Player-side (30%)

Controversy record: on 46 games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 4 times.

Computed 44m 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. -24Euro Truck Simulator 2outlet 72 · players 97 · Nov 2012
  2. -18S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyloutlet 57 · players 75 · Dec 2024
  3. -19Arma 3outlet 70 · players 89 · Sep 2013
  4. +19Cyberpunk 2077outlet 91 · players 72 · Dec 2020
  5. -33Magickaoutlet 61 · players 94 · Apr 2011
  6. +14Counter-Strike 2outlet 85 · players 71 · Oct 2023
  7. +28Anno 1800 Console Editionoutlet 87 · players 59 · Mar 2023
  8. +30Total War: WARHAMMER IIIoutlet 88 · players 59 · Feb 2022
  9. +38Company of Heroes 3outlet 90 · players 52 · Feb 2023
  10. -4Rustoutlet 69 · players 73 · Mar 2018

Recent reviews (449 tracked)