Minecraft Dungeons II Japanese reviews: 40.2% positive, gameplay and bugs lead
127 Japanese reviews and 2,209 English reviews for Minecraft Dungeons II were counted. The sample covers reviews posted between September 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 127 Steam reviews written in Japanese and 2,209 written in English, collected between 2026-09-29 and 2026-10-12.
Overall recommendation rates
Players writing reviews in Japanese recommend the game at a rate of 40.2%. The 95% confidence interval ranges from 32.0% to 48.9%. This figure comes from the count of 127 collected reviews. Steam lists the all-time positive rating for Japanese reviews as 41.1% across 129 total reviews. Players writing reviews in English recommend it at a rate of 68.6%, with a confidence interval from 66.7% to 70.5%. The English-language sample covers 2,209 reviews. Steam shows an all-time English positive rating of 67.8% across 5,887 total reviews. The difference between the Japanese and English recommendation rates is 28.4 percentage points. The Japanese share is lower, with a p value of less than 0.001. The median playtime for Japanese reviews is 8.3 hours, while English reviews show a median of 8.6 hours.
The numbers
Topics in recommending reviews
Among the 51 recommending Japanese reviews, gameplay and combat are mentioned most often. Players discuss it in 32 reviews, which represents 62.7% of the recommending set. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes appear in 22 recommending reviews, or 43.1%. The amount of content, length, and replayability comes up in 11 recommending reviews, making up 21.6%. Some players finish the campaign quickly and wonder about the remaining content.
え？ これで終わり？
Wait, is this it?
UI, controls, key bindings, and controller support are discussed in 11 recommending reviews, accounting for 21.6%. Difficulty and balance are mentioned in 3 recommending reviews, which is 5.9%. Story, scenario, and writing appear in 2 recommending reviews, or 3.9%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers are noted in 3 recommending reviews, representing 5.9%. Graphics, art direction are discussed in 1 recommending review, which equals 2.0%.
Topics in non-recommending reviews
Out of the 76 reviews that do not recommend the game, gameplay and combat are the most frequent complaint. Players mention it in 52 non-recommending reviews, representing 68.4%. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes follow in 40 reviews, or 52.6%. The amount of content, length, and replayability is discussed in 26 reviews, which equals 34.2%. UI, controls, key bindings, and controller support appear in 14 reviews, or 18.4%. Difficulty and balance are noted in 12 reviews, making up 15.8%. Players frequently note that resource caps are too low for farming builds.
一番意味が分からなかったのは、通貨と素材の所持上限だ。
The most confusing part is the currency and material cap.
Story, scenario, and writing are mentioned in 8 reviews, accounting for 10.5%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers appear in 6 reviews, or 7.9%. Graphics, art direction are discussed in 4 reviews, representing 5.3%. Price, value for money, and DLC pricing are noted in 3 reviews, which equals 3.9%.
Differences between English and Japanese feedback
Players writing reviews in English recommend the game at a rate of 68.6%, while Japanese-language reviews recommend it at 40.2%. The two groups of reviewers differ significantly. Gameplay and combat dominate English recommendations, appearing in 741 reviews, or 48.9% of the recommending set. The amount of content, length, and replayability is discussed in 294 recommending English reviews, representing 19.4%. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes are mentioned in 183 recommending English reviews, or 12.1%. Graphics, art direction appear in 107 recommending English reviews, accounting for 7.1%. Difficulty and balance are discussed in 60 recommending English reviews, or 4.0%. Players writing reviews in English frequently point out that mouse and keyboard controls feel outdated.
キーボード操作がゴミすぎてPad必須
Keyboard controls are so bad that a controller is mandatory.
UI, controls, key bindings, and controller support are discussed in 74 recommending English reviews, representing 4.9%. Story, scenario, and writing are mentioned in 50 recommending English reviews, which equals 3.3%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers appear in 43 recommending English reviews, or 2.8%. Characters, character design are noted in 42 recommending English reviews, representing 2.8%.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2026-09-29 and 2026-10-12: 127 written in Japanese and 2,209 written in English. Steam's own all-time totals for Minecraft Dungeons II were read on 2026-10-13.
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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