I just noticed that when I look at a game which I know nothing about and Steam says “Mostly Positive” I tend to immediately get suspicious
My internal rating is:
Overwhelmingly positive: game is actually quite good and also probably, but not always, a niche game.
Very positive: most people don’t hate it
Mostly positive: Game has one or two big, specific issues for most people, like a specific performance or gameplay problem, but is otherwise fun.
Mixed: game either sucks or has had some controversy. Usually games that are good but not worth the money go here.
Mostly negative: game sucks
Overwhelmingly negative: exclusively reserved for shovelware and yearly sports games like FIFA and NBA games.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
NMS is the only one that I can think of but here are some fun plays below.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/833360/Star_Valor/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244800/Terraformers/
Donut County and Stray are both quite short and an absolute delight to play.
Stray is brilliant. It’s the most cat cat ever in a game.
Mostly positive usually just means it’s not for everyone, just look at Shadow of the Erdtree.
Robocraft used to be good, but I don’t know if it being rated mostly positive and being good ever overlapped
Update, I just played Industria which is rated mostly positive and it was so good. I’ve always wanted a game that felt like Simon Stålenhag’s art and Industria really does
