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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition: 85.3% positive

This analysis covers 1,664 Japanese-language reviews for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. The collected reviews span from 18 May, 2015 to 25 September, 2026.

Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 1,664 Steam reviews written in Japanese, collected between 2015-05-18 and 2026-09-25.

Overall review distribution

Among the 1,664 Japanese-language reviews collected for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, 85.3% recommend the title. The 95% confidence interval spans from 83.5% to 86.9%. The collected sample contains 1,664 reviews. Steam lists the exact same total of 1,664 reviews. Steam rates the overall score as Very Positive. Both figures reflect a strong preference among players writing reviews in Japanese. The mean sentiment score across the collected reviews sits at 77.1 points.

The numbers

Share of Japanese-language reviews that mention each topicGameplay, combat, core mechanics45.4%Story, scenario, writing33.1%Amount of content, length, replayability22.5%Graphics, art direction14%Characters, character design12.3%Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes8.5%Japanese localization and translation quality7.4%Music, sound, voice acting4.5%
Share of Japanese-language reviews that mention each topic
Topics inside recommending and inside not-recommending Japanese-language reviewsrecommendsdoes not recommendGameplay, combat, core mechanics45.2% (recommends)46.1% (does not recommend)Story, scenario, writing35.7% (recommends)17.6% (does not recommend)Amount of content, length, replayability23% (recommends)19.6% (does not recommend)Graphics, art direction14.2% (recommends)12.7% (does not recommend)Characters, character design13.1% (recommends)7.8% (does not recommend)Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes5.4% (recommends)26.1% (does not recommend)Japanese localization and translation quality5.5% (recommends)18.4% (does not recommend)Music, sound, voice acting5% (recommends)1.6% (does not recommend)
Topics inside recommending and inside not-recommending Japanese-language reviews

What recommending players discuss

In reviews that recommend the title, gameplay, combat, and core mechanics appear in 45.2% of the topics.

1の頃からシリーズのファンです。 シナリオ、システム、グラフィック、どれも最高で、

I have been a fan of the series since the first game. The scenario, systems, and graphics are all excellent,

A Japanese-language Steam review (364.9 hours played, recommended)

Story, scenario, and writing follow closely at 35.7%. Players highlight the heavy, branching narratives and the lasting impact of player choices. Amount of content, length, and replayability round out the top three at 23.0%. Many note that the volume is substantial, with side quests adding considerable time. Graphics, art direction appears in 14.2% of positive topics, while characters, character design sits at 13.1%. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes is mentioned in 5.4% of positive reviews. Japanese localization and translation quality appears in 5.5%. Music, sound, and voice acting sits at 5.0%. Difficulty, balance is discussed in 3.7% of positive topics. UI, controls, key bindings, and controller support appears in 3.6%. Price, value for money, and DLC pricing is mentioned in 2.7%. PC port quality and Steam Deck support sits at 1.2%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers appears in 0.8%. Developer or publisher conduct and update policy rounds out the list at 0.3%.

What non-recommending players discuss

Among players who do not recommend the title, gameplay, combat, and core mechanics appear in 46.1% of the topics. Critics often point out that the open world design feels restrictive.

2018年に本作をバニラでクリア後、放置していましたが次世代アップデートを機に再びやってみ

After clearing the vanilla version in 2018 and putting it aside, I decided to try again with the next-gen update.

A Japanese-language Steam review (211.1 hours played, recommended)

Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes appear in 26.1% of negative topics. Some reviewers mention that the next-generation update changed the visual fidelity. Amount of content, length, and replayability appears in 19.6% of negative topics. Story, scenario, and writing appears in 17.6%. Japanese localization and translation quality is mentioned in 18.4%, with a few players noting occasional translation mismatches. Difficulty, balance appears in 7.8%. UI, controls, key bindings, and controller support sits at 7.8%. PC port quality and Steam Deck support appears in 4.9%. Price, value for money, and DLC pricing is mentioned in 3.7%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers sits at 2.0%. Developer or publisher conduct and update policy rounds out the negative topics at 1.2%. Graphics, art direction appears in 12.7% of negative reviews, while music, sound, and voice acting sits at 1.6%.

Playtime and reviewer profiles

The median playtime behind these Japanese-language reviews is 79.1 hours. The collected dataset includes 1,664 classified reviews. The model sorts 1,362 of them into specific topics. Recommenders focus heavily on gameplay at 45.2% and story at 35.7%. Non-recommenders cite gameplay at 46.1% but shift toward performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes at 26.1%. Negative reviews mention amount of content, length, and replayability at 19.6% and Japanese localization and translation quality at 18.4%. Recommenders discuss these topics at 23.0% and 5.5%. Graphics, art direction appears in 14.2% of positive topics and 12.7% of negative topics. Music, sound, and voice acting sits at 5.0% for recommenders and 1.6% for critics. The data covers the period from 18 May, 2015 to 25 September, 2026.

Methodology and sources

Data

Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2015-05-18 and 2026-09-25: 1,664 written in Japanese. Steam's own all-time totals for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition were read on 2026-09-28.

How the reviews were classified

Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.

Limits

People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Steam's default filter for off-topic review activity was left on, so periods Steam marked as review bombing are excluded from the counts in this article. Reviews that arrived after the retrieval date are not included.

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