Steam user reviews updated to better reflect changing game experiences

Valve is changing the way Steam user reviews are displayed to better indicate how games evolve — for better or worse — throughout their lifespan.

“For that review score, we’d previously only been compiling an overall score using a simple calculation of the percentage of all reviews that were positive.

To do that, Valve says it will be “better exposing” newly posted reviews by listing them more prominently, and making sure any reviews listed as “most helpful” have been posted recently.