Japanese Steam reviews in October 2026: Order of the Sinking Star leads at 98.2%
In Oct 1-30, 2026, 4,933 Japanese-language Steam reviews about 153 games were counted. Order of the Sinking Star came out on top.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 4,933 Steam reviews written in Japanese about 153 games, posted Oct 1-30, 2026.
The month in numbers
Steam reviews written in Japanese were counted for Oct 1-30, 2026. The period covered 4,933 reviews about 153 of 160 followed games. The ranking covers games with at least 50 reviews. The ranking uses the lower end of the 95% confidence interval, not the positive share alone, so a small sample cannot lead on luck.
ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE drew the most attention, with 1,182 reviews and 81.6% positive. WARDOGS followed with 354 reviews and 29.7% positive. Big Walk had 123 reviews and 93.5% positive, Overwatch® had 109 reviews and 36.7% positive, and Dragon's Dogma 2 had 101 reviews and 58.4% positive.
The ranking
| # | Game | Reviews | Recommend | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Order of the Sinking Star | 57 | 98.2% | 90.7–99.7% |
| 2 | Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter | 68 | 95.6% | 87.8–98.5% |
| 3 | Big Walk | 123 | 93.5% | 87.7–96.7% |
| 4 | Onimusha: Way of the Sword | 99 | 90.9% | 83.6–95.1% |
| 5 | Cyberpunk 2077 | 56 | 92.9% | 83.0–97.2% |
| 6 | Slay the Spire 2 | 69 | 91.3% | 82.3–96.0% |
| 7 | ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE | 1,182 | 81.6% | 79.2–83.7% |
| 8 | How to Fish | 51 | 90.2% | 79.0–95.7% |
| 9 | Once Human | 55 | 81.8% | 69.7–89.8% |
| 10 | Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms | 56 | 78.6% | 66.2–87.3% |
| 11 | Street Fighter™ 6 | 96 | 59.4% | 49.4–68.7% |
| 12 | Dragon's Dogma 2 | 101 | 58.4% | 48.7–67.5% |
| 13 | Permafrost | 55 | 61.8% | 48.6–73.5% |
| 14 | ARC Raiders | 89 | 58.4% | 48.0–68.1% |
| 15 | SILENT HILL: Townfall | 50 | 52.0% | 38.5–65.2% |
The numbers
The best received
Order of the Sinking Star led the ranking with 98.2% positive from 57 reviews. Its recommending reviews describe a high-quality Sokoban puzzle game with many hand-made puzzles, varied mechanics, and a gentle start that becomes more complex.
高品質な倉庫番パズルをただ解いていくゲーム
It is a game where you simply solve high-quality Sokoban puzzles.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter was second with 95.6% positive from 68 reviews. Recommending reviews mention story, scenario, and writing in 52.3% of cases, gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 36.9%, and characters and character design in 27.7%. They praise the story, characters, music, and direction.
ストーリー、キャラクター、音楽、演出、どれを取っても大満足。
Story, characters, music, and direction were all very satisfying.
Big Walk was third with 93.5% positive from 123 reviews. Recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 48.7% of cases, amount of content, length, and replayability in 25.2%, and online play, multiplayer, and servers in 8.7%.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword was fourth with 90.9% positive from 99 reviews. Its recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 76.7% of cases, amount of content, length, and replayability in 32.2%, and difficulty and balance in 25.6%.
Cyberpunk 2077 was fifth with 92.9% positive from 56 reviews. Recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 32.7% of cases, story, scenario, and writing in 26.9%, and graphics and art direction in 19.2%.
The least well received
Forza Horizon 6 had the lowest share among ranked games, with 22.2% positive from 81 reviews. Its not-recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 55.6% of cases, performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes in 41.3%, and online play, multiplayer, and servers in 19.0%.
WARDOGS had 29.7% positive from 354 reviews. Its critical reviews mention online play, multiplayer, and servers in 49.8% of cases, gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 46.6%, and performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes in 34.5%.
Minecraft Dungeons II had 33.0% positive from 100 reviews. Its not-recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics in 64.2% of cases, performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes in 46.3%, and amount of content, length, and replayability in 38.8%.
The movers of the month
WARDOGS had the largest change from the previous period. Its positive share was 29.7% from 354 reviews, down 26.8 points from 56.5% in the previous period, which had 683 reviews. The change was reported with p < 0.001.
Slay the Spire 2 moved up by 12.8 points. It had 91.3% positive from 69 reviews, compared with 78.5% from 79 reviews in the previous period. The change was reported with p = 0.032.
The new releases included ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE on 2026-10-01, with 1,182 reviews and 81.6% positive. Order of the Sinking Star released on 2026-10-08 with 57 reviews and 98.2% positive. Permafrost released on 2026-10-09 with 55 reviews and 61.8% positive. Enshrouded released on 2026-10-15 with 36 reviews and 75.0% positive. SULFUR released on 2026-10-28 with 14 reviews and 92.9% positive.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews written in Japanese, posted Oct 1-30, 2026, retrieved with Steam's public review listing for the 160 games this site follows: 4,933 reviews about 153 games. The site follows games that appear in the Japanese Steam store's best-seller, new-release and featured lists or among the most played games on Steam, once they have at least 30 reviews in Japanese.
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
Only games with at least 50 reviews in the period are ranked. They are ordered by the lower end of the 95% confidence interval of the share that recommends the game, so a game with few reviews cannot lead on chance. 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. Games this site does not follow are not included.
Links
- Order of the Sinking Star on Steam
- Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter on Steam
- Big Walk on Steam
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword on Steam
- Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam
- Slay the Spire 2 on Steam
- ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE on Steam
- How to Fish on Steam
- Once Human on Steam
- Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms on Steam
- Street Fighter™ 6 on Steam
- Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam
- Permafrost on Steam
- ARC Raiders on Steam
- SILENT HILL: Townfall on Steam
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