Michael Gerra-Clarin
Game8Deep Rock Galactic Review | Well Worth the Overtime
Published 1/29/2026
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86
+3 vs critic avg
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE - 5/13/2020
Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic is a first-person co-operative sci-fi shooter for up to 4 players, featuring fully procedural and destructible environments to explore, mine, and explode your way through to reach your objectives. As a team of veteran dwarven space miners, you must take on perilous missions for the interplanetary mining corporation Deep Rock Galactic and go where no-one else dares, into the deepest, most dangerous cave systems of the most hostile planet ever discovered.
- Developer
- Ghost Ship Games
- Publisher
- Coffee Stain Publishing
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Critic avg
83
16 scored reviews
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16
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70–95
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Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
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The critic average is 83 across 16 scored reviews, with a 25-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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80–8910 reviews · 63%
70–792 reviews · 13%
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Kyle McGrath
Thumb CultureDeep Rock Galactic – PC Review
Published 2/16/2023
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80
-3 vs critic avg
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Read originalKristian Longden
GamingTrendDeep Rock Galactic Review — Rock solid
Published 1/24/2022
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95
+12 vs critic avg
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Read originalQuinn Hiers
But Why Tho?REVIEW: ‘Deep Rock Galactic’ – Mining Has Never Been So Fun (PS5)
Published 1/8/2022
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80
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Read originalStephen Tailby
Push SquareReview: Deep Rock Galactic (PS5) - There's Gold in Them There Hostile Alien Caves
Published 1/7/2022
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70
-13 vs critic avg
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Read originalBrandon Lyttle
Niche GamerDeep Rock Galactic Review - Niche GamerDeep Rock Galactic Review - Niche Gamer
Published 11/28/2020
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85
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalJesse Norris
XboxEraReview - Deep Rock Galactic
Published 10/4/2020
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90
+7 vs critic avg
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Read originalPhil Iwaniuk
PC GamerDeep Rock Galactic review
Published 5/29/2020
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79
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalMatt Miller
Game InformerDeep Rock Galactic Review – Off To Work We Go
Published 5/26/2020
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85
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalPramath
GamingBoltDeep Rock Galactic Review – The Inner Worlds
Published 5/24/2020
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-3 vs critic avg
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