30 Worst Rated Games on Steam
Britt (157)There are thousands of games on Steam at any moment! In 2020 alone, over 10,000 new games were released on Steam, which got us wondering what the worst of the worst are. So we dived into the extremely long list of every game on Steam to find which games people hated the most.
We learned a few things in this tedious and math filled journey. First, a lot of simulation games seem to be made solely for the cash grab, regardless how well they’re made. Secondly, publishers and developers of bad games, just can’t help but keep making bad games. As you’ll notice in this list, there are quite a few developers and publishers who’ve released low quality games. Which begs the question: do they care more about developing games or making quick money?
And finally, the games that are listed here as the worst were also games that people were looking forward to. Which had us hopeful, because players aren’t just review bombing as a trend, they genuinely were excited about a game’s release. But it also had us disappointed at how the developer or publisher just didn’t live up to their promises before a game’s release.
How subjective is a Steam rating?
We’d be remiss if we didn’t comment on the internet phenomenon that is “review bombing”. Some games have such a bad release that users bombard Steam with negative reviews. A most recent example would be Battlefield 2042. However, as with every form of digital media, the reviews can change or improve over time. So while our scoring is objective to the numbers, and not our opinions, the numbers themselves could still be subject to the majority opinions of the internet subculture.
How did we rank by Steam rating?
The steam rating used data directly from Steam’s website and their own listing of every game available, sorted by user reviews. We used two inputs: the number of positive reviews and the total number of reviews. In a basic math formula, we calculate the percentage of a positive Steam rating: positive reviews ÷ total reviews X 100.
The games were then ordered based on the number of reviews in total. For example, two games may have zero positive reviews, yet the one with the most total reviews would be considered “worse” since there was more community engagement.
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