PLAY Zine Staff

74.4

Avg Score Given

-9.3

Steam Disparity

+6.2

MC Disparity

+0.5

Combined Disparity

Reviews

2 early (11%)10 launch window (56%)6 late (33%)

Scoring Pattern

Lowest Score

Highest Score

12.8

Score Spread(variance in their own scores)

Disparity by Outlet

The journalist's average disparity score per outlet

PLAY Zine

18 reviews

+0.5

Review summary

Updated Aug 29, 2026

Based on 18 scored reviews, PLAY Zine Staff gives games an average score of 74.4/100. PLAY Zine Staff scores games 9.3 points lower than Steam users and 6.2 points higher than Metacritic users.

Reviews

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Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 18)

Grow Up!viaPLAY Zine
Oct 9, 2016Launch window
70/100View review
Steam 92.2/100 · -22.1 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · +3.0 pts
GuardsviaPLAY Zine
Oct 9, 2016Launch window
40/100View review
RunGunJumpGunviaPLAY Zine
Oct 9, 2016Early review
80/100View review
Deus Ex: Mankind DividedviaPLAY Zine
Oct 3, 2016Launch window
80/100View review
Steam 76.3/100 · +3.6 ptsMetacritic 77/100 · +3.0 pts
NBA 2K17viaPLAY Zine
Oct 3, 2016Launch window
85/100View review
Metacritic 65/100 · +20.0 pts