As an Xbox and Steam gamer, I’ve decided to list a few games that have been released on both Xbox and Steam to compare their ratings on the two platforms. So, the following is the list of the games I am comparing*, with the first percentage being total positive reviews on Xbox, and the second percentage being total positive reviews on Steam:

• Black Desert (54% to 76%)
• Anno 1800 (72% to 81%)
• Fallout 4 (94% to 83%)
• Skyrim Special Edition (90% to 94%)
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (68% to 65%)
• Resident Evil 4 Remake (96% to 97%)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (82% and 90%)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (66% to 63%)
• Dead Space Remake (96% to 93%)
• Halo The Master Chief Collection (86% to 92%).

Something to note is that out of the mentioned games, 6 out of 10 games are rated higher on Steam than on Xbox. This data suggests that there are slightly more games that receive a lower rating on Xbox, but I think that it would be more realistic to say that the platform that has higher game ratings varies depending on what games you select, and that there is a marginal difference. Another implication of the data is that there is normally a marginal difference between a game’s rating on Xbox and Steam. Also, you may have noticed though that a few games on the list have a significant difference in their ratings on Xbox and Steam. I might create another blog entry to examine why that has occurred, but it depends on how real life goes.

* The game ratings I give are percentages, but the rating system on Xbox is a decimal system that uses stars as ratings (with a maximum star rating of five), whereas Steam is a percentage system that uses positive and negative review scores as ratings (with a maximum positive rating of 100%); therefore, I converted the decimal system into a percentage system for an easier comparison between game ratings on the two platforms. If you wish to convert the first number back into decimals to determine the validity of my conversions, here is a very easy way to do so: 1 = 20%, 0.5 = 10%, and 0.1 = 2%.