Minecraft Dungeons II: UI issues come up 4.5 times as often in Japanese-language reviews

Japanese-language reviews match Steam's own total

The analysis counted 150 Japanese-language reviews written from 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-27. All 150 were classified, and 134 were classified by the model. In that own count, 59 reviews recommend the game and 91 do not, giving a positive share of 39.3%. The 95% confidence interval runs from 31.9% to 47.3%. Steam's own Japanese-language total for the whole history of the game, fetched on 2026-10-28, also lists 150 reviews, 59 positive reviews, 91 negative reviews, and a 39.3% positive share. Its label is Mostly Negative. The collected English-language sample contains 2,763 reviews from 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-27. It has 1,875 recommending reviews, 888 non-recommending reviews, and a positive share of 67.9%, with a confidence interval from 66.1% to 69.6%. Steam's own English-language total, fetched on 2026-10-28, lists 6,422 reviews and a 67.5% positive share, with the label Mixed.

Interface and performance stand out against other games

Against the other 103 followed games, Japanese-language reviews raise interface, controls, key bindings, and controller support far more often than usual. They appear in 18.0% of the 150 classified Japanese-language reviews, while the baseline is 4.0%. That is 4.5 times the usual rate and 14.0 percentage points higher. Reviewers describe a missing WASD option, click-to-move and click-to-attack sharing one input, and controller support that many say they need to play comfortably. Some recommending reviews still praise build variety and jump-based combat, but call the keyboard and mouse setup awkward.

移動と近接が同じ入力 (初期設定左クリック) なせいで移動をザコに阻害される

Movement and melee share the same input, so trash mobs block movement.

Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes are also above the usual level. They appear in 45.3% of classified Japanese-language reviews, compared with a 13.7% baseline. That is 3.3 times as often and 31.6 percentage points higher. Reviews mention crashes, freezes, failed sign-in or account connection, artifacts that stop working, and progression bugs. A recommending review says a crash stopped after closing an external application.

Amount of content, length, and replayability appear in 33.3% of classified Japanese-language reviews, above the 25.6% baseline by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.3 times as often. Reviewers say the story can be finished quickly and that post-clear content feels thin. Others say farming, artifact swaps, and equipment testing keep them playing. No topic in the Japanese-language reviews falls far below the usual rate.

Short content and controls dominate negative reviews

The data lists no divisive topics for these Japanese-language reviews. The clearest pattern is in the reviews that do not recommend the game. Interface, controls, key bindings, and controller support appear in 17.6% of those 91 negative reviews. That is 2.7 times the 6.6% baseline for negative reviews across the other followed games, and 11.0 percentage points higher. The same complaints about click movement and missing key bindings also show up in the recommending reviews, where the topic appears in 18.6% of them.

Amount of content, length, and replayability appear in 38.5% of negative Japanese-language reviews, compared with 25.4% of recommending reviews. Against the typical negative-review baseline of 22.7%, that is 1.7 times as often and 15.8 percentage points higher. Negative reviews describe limited endgame goals, low item stack limits, and little reason to keep farming after clearing the story.

クリアした瞬間の感想は、「え？ これで終わり？」でした。

The moment I cleared it, my thought was, 'Huh? That's it?'

A play-time split also appears in the Japanese-language sample. The quarter of reviewers with the least play time, up to 3.0 hours, contains 37 reviews, and 43.2% recommend the game. The quarter with the most play time, from 18.4 hours, also contains 37 reviews, and 29.7% recommend it. The difference is -13.5 percentage points, with a p-value of 0.227. The least-played group talks most about gameplay in 43.2% of its reviews, interface and controls in 35.1%, and performance in 32.4%. The most-played group talks about gameplay in 73.0%, content in 59.5%, and performance in 48.6%.

バグが多い。 ボスが再召喚できなくなる、スキルが使えなくなる

There are many bugs. Bosses cannot respawn, and skills stop working.

English-language reviews recommend far more often

The two language groups differ in recommendation rate. The collected Japanese-language sample gives 39.3% positive, while the collected English-language sample gives 67.9%. The comparison records a difference of -28.6 percentage points, with p < 0.001. Steam's own totals show 39.3% positive for 150 Japanese-language reviews, labeled Mostly Negative, and 67.5% positive for 6,422 English-language reviews, labeled Mixed.

The topics also differ. English-language reviews mention gameplay in 52.9% of the 2,763 classified reviews, content in 23.2%, performance in 20.3%, difficulty in 7.6%, graphics in 7.2%, and interface and controls in 5.4%. Japanese-language reviews mention gameplay in 62.7%, performance in 45.3%, content in 33.3%, interface and controls in 18.0%, and difficulty in 12.7%. In English-language reviews, performance appears in 39.0% of negative reviews and 11.5% of recommending reviews. In Japanese-language reviews, performance appears in 48.4% of negative reviews and 40.7% of recommending reviews.