DJMAX RESPECT V: price and value appear 2.6 times as often as usual in Japanese reviews

Review counts and Steam totals

Players writing reviews in Japanese gave DJMAX RESPECT V a 90.7 percent recommendation rate. The count covers 708 reviews. Steam lists 707 total reviews for the game as of 14 November 2026, with a matching 90.7 percent positive score. The confidence interval for the recommendation rate spans from 88.3 percent to 92.6 percent. All 708 collected reviews were successfully classified into topics by the analysis model. The collected sample represents the full history of the title since its first review on 19 December 2019. The median playtime behind these reviews stands at 30.0 hours.

Price and content dominate the discussion

Reviewers mention price and value 13.7 percent of the time, which is 2.6 times the typical baseline of 5.2 percent. They note the frequent sales and bundle discounts.

元はPC向けオンラインゲームであった音楽ゲーム「DJMAX」シリーズの最新ナンバー。

The latest entry in the DJMAX series, originally an online music game for PC.

Players also discuss the amount of content and replayability in 39.8 percent of reviews, compared to a 25.7 percent baseline. The core gameplay and combat mechanics appear in 59.3 percent of reviews, closely matching the expected rate.

音ゲーです。 DJMAXシリーズ自体については各自で調べて下さい。

It is a rhythm game. Please look up the DJMAX series yourself.

Graphics and art direction come up in 15.5 percent of reviews, slightly above the 10.0 percent baseline. Reviewers frequently point out the high quality of the music videos and character designs. Story, scenario, and writing appear in only 2.0 percent of reviews, far below the usual 10.8 percent share. Players writing reviews in Japanese rarely discuss the narrative or character arcs compared to other rhythm games.

Performance and graphics split reviewers

Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes split reviewers sharply. This topic appears in 45.5 percent of negative reviews, compared to just 9.7 percent of positive ones, a gap of 35.8 percentage points. Players writing reviews in Japanese note screen freezes, frame drops, and audio desync. The same performance topic also appears more often in complaints than usual, hitting 45.5 percent of negative reviews against a 31.1 percent baseline. Graphics and art direction divide opinions as well, showing up in 16.7 percent of negative reviews versus 15.4 percent of positive ones. Some reviewers find the visual themes too explicit or distracting during intense gameplay. Amount of content, length, and replayability pull the other way, mentioned in 42.4 percent of recommending reviews but only 15.2 percent of non-recommending ones. Players who recommend the game consistently highlight the large song library and frequent DLC updates.

Recommendation rates shift with play time

The quarter of reviewers with the least play time, up to 7.8 hours, recommends the game at a rate of 82.5 percent. Their reviews focus most on gameplay, combat, and core mechanics at 61.6 percent. They also mention amount of content, length, and replayability in 37.9 percent of reviews. The quarter with the most play time, from 107.5 hours onward, recommends it at 93.8 percent. Their top topics are gameplay at 57.1 percent and amount of content at 41.2 percent. Price, value for money, and DLC pricing appear in 15.8 percent of their reviews. Long-term players frequently mention the cost-effectiveness of the complete edition and seasonal bundles. The distribution of play sessions shows a clear divide between casual testing and dedicated grinding. The recommendation gap between the two groups is 11.3 percentage points, with a p-value of p < 0.01.