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.
Controversy record: on 5 games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 4 times.
Computed 26m 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.
- -30Black Myth: Wukongoutlet 60 · players 90 · Jan 2025
- -21ARC Raidersoutlet 60 · players 81 · Nov 2025
- +33Anno 117: Pax Romanaoutlet 100 · players 67 · Nov 2025
- +27Avowedoutlet 100 · players 73 · Feb 2025
- +20DOOM: The Dark Agesoutlet 100 · players 80 · May 2025
- -29South of Midnightoutlet 60 · players 89 · Apr 2025
- -19The Precinctoutlet 60 · players 79 · May 2025
- -28KILL KNIGHToutlet 60 · players 88 · Oct 2024
- -23Winter Burrowoutlet 60 · players 83 · Nov 2025
- +19FREEDOM WARS Remasteredoutlet 80 · players 62 · Jan 2025
Recent reviews (45 tracked)
- 100SektoriNov 18, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Packed with superb design and a kicking soundtrack, Sektori is pure twin-stick shooter nirvana that is as close to arcade perfection as you can get.”
read full review ↗ - 60Winter BurrowNov 17, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Winter Burrow is beautiful and wonderfully written adventure brought down by obtuse and frustrating design choices.”
read full review ↗ - 100Anno 117: Pax RomanaNov 13, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Smartly designed, impeccably produced, and tremendously enjoyable, Anno 117 is one of the best games in its genre this year.”
read full review ↗ - 80The Outer Worlds 2Nov 10, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“If you loved The Outer Worlds, you will at the very least like The Outer Worlds 2. It won't surprise or challenge you, but it does deliver comfort food of sorts with the skill and precision that Obsidian Entertainment does best.”
read full review ↗ - 60ARC RaidersNov 4, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“It's hard to recommend ARC Raiders to anyone but the fiercely devoted. If it had dared to think outside of the limitations of the extraction shooter genre, it could have come upon something really special.”
read full review ↗ - 60Battlefield™ 6Oct 26, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Nostalgic to a fault, Battlefield 6 is the bare minimum product that is designed to get better over time. Right now, it's just fine, but nothing more.”
read full review ↗ - 80NINJA GAIDEN 4Oct 21, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“At its best, Ninja Gaiden 4 is an exhilarating bloodbath that has finally struck the perfect balance between hardcore and accessible. It's a reminder of how invigorating this franchise once was, and how, in the right hands, it can be once again.”
read full review ↗ - 80Cronos: The New DawnOct 6, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Cronos scared me, it made me jumpy, and I had a blast every unnerving minute I spent with it. That's precisely why I play survivor horror titles, and to achieve that means the game has done the job right.”
read full review ↗ - 100NINJA GAIDEN: RageboundSep 27, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“A superb addition to the franchise, Ragebound is both a fantastic throwback and a great entry point to the series for newcomers.”
read full review ↗ - 80Dying Light: The BeastSep 26, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“This is a fun and entirely competent action game that will find both old and new fans thanks to its dedication to getting the basics right. It's a little unfocused, a little too in love with its own ideas, and many of its mechanics are so old they could have grandkids. But no other franchise out now delivers zombie thrills on this level, and certainly not with this kind of thought to making a fun experience with a lower barrier of entry.”
read full review ↗ - 40Lost Soul Aside™Aug 31, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Passion and ambition don't always equal quality. Lost Soul Aside has plenty of ideas, but no vision to put them together. Instead, it settles for a muddled selection of borrowed mechanics, tied together by disastrously bad writing and acting.”
read full review ↗ - 80Achilles: SurvivorAug 17, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Expertly designed and highly addictive, Achilles: Survivor is a fantastic addition to the bullet heaven genre.”
read full review ↗ - 80Mafia: The Old CountryAug 11, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Mafia: The Old Country is an often chaotic mess of ideas and gameplay elements, each of which were dated well over a decade ago. Yet it's also a wonderfully directed and acted linear action game that, at just a little over ten hours, feels like a refreshing throwback in this era of bloat.”
read full review ↗ - 80ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNJul 23, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“It's fun, unexpected, and challenging. Everything you'd want from a title like this. Even if it doesn't look and feel exactly like we initially imagined.”
read full review ↗ - 100DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACHJun 23, 2025 · Joonatan Itkonen
“Death Stranding 2 is the encapsulation of Hideo Kojima's ambition to marry films and games into one seamless experience. For the first time, it's not him emulating the cinema he adores. Instead, it's Kojima directing a vast, emotionally charged epic that others will imitate in years to come. It is a masterpiece of storytelling and game design. A peerless exploration of grief, found family, and all that we leave behind.”
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