{"id":53010,"date":"2025-10-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53010"},"modified":"2025-10-15T19:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:50:18","slug":"are-japanese-steam-users-really-that-stingy-with-positive-reviews-we-asked-5000-of-our-readers-and-the-answer-is-yes-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/are-japanese-steam-users-really-that-stingy-with-positive-reviews-we-asked-5000-of-our-readers-and-the-answer-is-yes-kind-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Japanese Steam users really that stingy with positive reviews? We asked 5,000 of our readers, and the answer is yes, kind of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, Steam added the option to display language-specific review scores \u2013 which means publishers and users alike now have much greater insight into how games are performing in different regions. It wasn\u2019t long enough before this topic took to the Japanese side of X, where it snowballed into a larger discussion on the \u201cnegative review habit\u201d of domestic users<\/a>. But with multiple data researches<\/a> supporting the theory that the Japanese are just far stricter compared to the rest of the world, domestic devs argue that the Japanese side should put more effort into bumping-up the number of positive reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes amidst Japanese indie creators\u2019 struggle to stand out during events like Steam Next Fes or make it past strict review thresholds. Many have been making efforts to encourage their players to write reviews and boost the visibility of their favorite indie titles. But what is the players\u2019 point of view?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUTOMATON took the opportunity to directly ask almost 5,000 of its Japanese readers about their reviewing habits. Specifically, we wanted to know how often users left positive reviews on games they enjoyed, and why (or, on the contrary, why not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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