Starfield Reviews

Starfield is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
10 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2023

Starfield emerges as a stellar addition to Bethesda’s RPG legacy. It delivers on the promise of a vast, immersive universe teeming with engaging narratives, memorable companions, and intricate character development.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 20, 2026

Starfield finally lands on PS5 with years of updates, meaningful gameplay improvements and substantial new content. While technical issues and frequent crashes hurt the experience, Bethesda’s ambitious sci-fi RPG remains as immersive and expansive as ever.

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8.3 / 10.0
May 11, 2026

Starfield is likely the most ambitious, yet most divisive game in our library. It’s a love letter to the cosmos that can pull you in for hundreds of hours through sheer scale and atmosphere. Yet, it also proves that without a modern technical backbone, even the greatest ambition can falter. Even with its bugs and dated mechanics, it’s a must-play for sci-fi fans. It’s a flawed masterpiece, but it’s a masterpiece nonetheless.

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7 / 10.0
May 1, 2026

Starfield remains a sure thing, and once the issues with porting it to the PlayStation 5 are resolved, the versions will be more or less on par.

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7 / 10.0
Apr 12, 2026

Starfield in 2026 remains an ambitious RPG that has greatly improved in stability and overall playability since its release. Despite lingering flaws—such as the emptiness of certain planets and occasionally limited immersion—it more than makes up for them with its freedom and robust modding scene. In the end, it’s an imperfect but deeply rich game, especially for those who love to create and explore.

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Apr 28, 2026

It's a massive game that can deliver a lot of enjoyment. However, it’s difficult to overlook its many issues, such as a weak story, uninteresting characters, and generic locations. It’s a shame the developers didn’t fully realize the game considerable potential.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 22, 2026

Starfield is an RPG that grows over time, demanding patience in its opening hours but rewarding those who stay with an experience rich in systems, side stories, and freedom of identity. Despite the friction of constant menus and some uninspiring environments, it remains a compelling journey; when everything aligns, the game delivers the genuine feeling of living your own odyssey amidst the vastness of space.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2026

Starfield delivers a solid and immersive experience, giving wings to the fantasy of becoming a space explorer in an extremely dense universe rich with detail and unique stories to be lived. However, the game ultimately stumbles over its own ambition, containing a series of issues that may drive away players who aren’t captivated by Starfield’s sandbox aspect.

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6 / 10
Apr 21, 2026

Starfield on PlayStation 5 (Pro) is a graphical gem that gets tangled up in its own galaxy of systems. If you play this game on the PlayStation 5 Pro, you’ll be treated to the best console version available. But anyone hoping that Sony’s most powerful console will transform the game into a masterpiece will soon realise that even this hardware cannot resolve its fundamental issues. Starfield remains a fascinating, ambitious, but ultimately unbalanced RPG.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 19, 2026

"Same Space, New Platform" Starfield on PlayStation 5 is the most complete version, especially in terms of content, to date, offering a massive space RPG experience built on combat, customization, and powerful faction quests. However, it remains hampered by obvious structural issues such as weak exploration, heavy loading times, and fragmented systems. The result is a rich but not entirely cohesive experience, better suited to Bethesda fans than those seeking a revolutionary space adventure.

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90 / 100
Apr 17, 2026

Starfield, Bethesda's masterpiece, offers one of the most captivating and immersive gameplay experiences in modern space RPGs. The freedom it provides is immense, allowing you to do virtually anything you can imagine, thanks to a robust role-playing system and multiple ways to approach the adventure. On the other hand, its learning curve can be somewhat steep at first, leading to a slightly confusing initial feeling, but once you overcome that hurdle, you'll be completely immersed in its universe.

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75 / 100
Apr 18, 2026

Starfield is a good game but not exceptional, it has a decent enough story and enough content to see it through but just be aware if you are wanting a deep space exploration game then this may not be for you. Starfield has elements of a game set in space but it doesn't ever fully utilize these, it is something the developers could work on for sure but if they do is something that remains to be seen.

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81 / 100
Apr 11, 2026

A vast and immersive space adventure, Starfield offers strong exploration, solid gunplay, and a compelling sense of discovery on PS5, enhanced by meaningful improvements and added content. However, it is held back by repetitive side missions, limited enemy AI, and RPG systems that lack deeper refinement, preventing it from reaching its full potential.

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7 / 10.0
Apr 15, 2026

Starfield on PS5 is without a doubt the best console version of the game to date. Free Lanes makes travel noticeably smoother, X-Tech adds more depth to loot and builds, and base building and shipbuilding also benefit from the extra features. However, Starfield's core problems have not disappeared. The main story remains boring, many quests still feel outdated, the gunplay is fine but standard, the pace is slow, and you still spend a lot of time on loading screens. Free Lanes makes the game better, but not fundamentally different. Unfortunately, Starfield falls short if you are looking for a game to extensively explore space and make optimal use of your spaceship, but otherwise, it is a fine Bethesda game. Nothing more, nothing less.

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7.2 / 10.0
Apr 11, 2026

Starfield's Free Lanes update and Terran Armada DLC add a generous amount of content to a game that desperately needed depth, not volume. The free update brings welcome quality-of-life improvements, a surprisingly fun land vehicle, and the cruise mode concept, though the latter feels like a band-aid over the game's fundamental structural issues. Terran Armada's $10 campaign is dragged down by repetitive incursions you can never fully disable, a forgettable villain faction, and excessive padding, though companion Delta and the Terran weapons are genuine highlights. The PS5 Pro performance is disappointing for a two-year-old title, with hard crashes at 60fps and inconsistent frame rates even in empty space. Starfield remains the most ambitious sci-fi sandbox on consoles, but ambition without polish only gets you so far. A better game is buried in here somewhere. This update just didn't dig deep enough to find it.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2023

From the very first moment, Starfield impresses with its grand ambition — from its expansive world and attention to detail, to its captivating side quests and enjoyable gameplay mechanics. However, it ultimately falls short of the high expectations placed upon it, due to several disappointing factors — most notably poor AI, excessive repetition, and, perhaps most dishearteningly, a lacklustre approach to exploration, which was expected to be the core of the adventure. Starfield is a good game, but one that would have felt far more impressive had it been released a few years earlier.

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Unscored
Sep 18, 2023

I can easily see Starfield being Game of the Year and being one of the best reasons to have a Game Pass subscription.

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Sep 12, 2023

Starfield delivers an expansive spacefaring adventure filled with endless activities, but its shallowness and rigid quest design prevent it from reaching true greatness. While it captures Bethesda’s signature charm, its release timing against Baldur’s Gate 3 highlights its limitations in depth and player agency.

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Jesse Norris
Top Critic
9.7 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2023

Starfield is a new beginning. Not only for Bethesda but for Xbox as a whole. With excellent writing, stunning graphics, and thrilling gameplay it makes the galaxy yours to explore, shape, and live in. It is a wonderous tapestry to experience your story in a way that only the best have done before.

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90 / 100
Sep 5, 2023

Starfield has completely captivated me on multiple levels with its stunning graphics, solid combat, engaging storyline, and immersive characters. Even with its restrictions on exploration, Starfield is one of the best RPGs on the market that will satisfy you for hundreds of hours to come. This may just be my game of the year. I highly recommend anyone to try Starfield for themselves.

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