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Starfield

Steam AppID 1716740
Price Tier AA+
Developer Bethesda Game Studios
Owners Estimate 4.3M (3.5M – 5.5M)
Publisher Bethesda Softworks
AVG Playtime 90h
Release Date 5 Sep, 2023
Total Reviews 172 532
SpaceSingleplayerOpen WorldRPGSci-fiExplorationFirst-PersonCharacter CustomizationStory RichAction-AdventureThird PersonAdventure
Steam Reception
57% All-time
Mixed 172 532 reviews
Metacritic
No Metascore available
HazeBreaker Score
24% Current Score
Quick Summary

Players praise the game's visually appealing art direction and NASA-accurate space exploration, with the ability to land…

Game Sentiment Analysis
Top Positive
  • Core Mechanics6.01%
  • Visual Environmental Quality4.92%
  • Exploration4.92%
  • Modding4.37%
  • Main Story3.83%
Top Negative
  • Main Story20.22%
  • Exploration17.49%
  • Core Mechanics15.85%
  • Environmental Immersion12.57%
  • Characters9.84%
In-Depth Sentiment Analysis
Atmosphere & Art Direction40
Progression & Customization34
Gameplay26
Social & Monetization25
Story & Narration19
Tech11
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Key Verbatims

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"The setting is a haphazard collage of space frontier tropes with nothing meaningful beyond baseline tropes. Factions are consciously sanitized, lacking cultural identifiers and creative depth. Writers failed to explain how people adapted to alien environments."

"The vastness of space and insane number and variety of planets are the main attraction. Hundreds of unique locations plus thousands of procedurally generated ones to explore."

"Game fails to deliver immersion. NPCs walk aimlessly into walls unbothered by combat. Citizens completely unbothered by grenades going off around them."

"Controls appear based on console design. Lack of button accuracy and precision. Controls feel designed for console rather than optimized for PC."

"Criticism of curated paid mods system. Reviewer argues the developer is attempting to monetize community work, exploit modders through underpaid labor, and establish monopoly control over mod distribution for revenue generation."

"Roleplay value compared to Fallout or Skyrim is abysmal and terrible. Players cannot truly shape their own experience or build diverse characters."

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Player Personae
38%
36%
13%

Personas overlap — one player can match multiple profiles.

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The Veteran
High playtime · Helpful reviews
77 players · 38%
Avg Playtime 223h
Sentiment 25%
Avg Helpful 1941
Top PositiveAtmosphere
Top NegativeTech
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The Casual
Low playtime · Quick impressions
5 players · 2%
Avg Playtime 5h
Sentiment 25%
Avg Helpful 793
Top PositiveProgression
Top NegativeTech
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The Critic
Mixed/negative · Detailed feedback
71 players · 36%
Avg Playtime 125h
Sentiment 14%
Avg Helpful 1479
Top PositiveAtmosphere
Top NegativeStory
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The Advocate
Highly positive · Recommends strongly
9 players · 4%
Avg Playtime 343h
Sentiment 97%
Avg Helpful 1420
Top PositiveStory
Top NegativeGameplay
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The Explorer
Broad coverage · Many themes mentioned
26 players · 13%
Avg Playtime 105h
Sentiment 17%
Avg Helpful 1736
Top PositiveSocial
Top NegativeStory
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The Techie
Focused on performance & bugs
12 players · 6%
Avg Playtime 90h
Sentiment 22%
Avg Helpful 1328
Top PositiveSocial
Top NegativeTech
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