Tarkov's language gap is still about servers, not culture
All-time Steam totals re-queried 2026-09-13: Simplified Chinese sits at 23.3% against English's 62.4%. Seven languages pool near 28%, the rest near 60%.
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Mistfall Hunter: Traditional Chinese now trails Russian
All-time Steam totals re-queried 2026-09-13: Traditional Chinese is now lowest at 34.4%, Russian at 40.3%, Portuguese (BR) leads at 69.7%.
Six games' Steam reviews: complaints, language, hours
Six games, re-queried 2026-09-13. Leading complaints mostly differ, Tarkov's language gap runs 39 points, and X4 swings 68 points from first hours to best.
Mistfall Hunter reviews: the dip past 50 hours held up
1,000 recent Steam reviews, re-queried 2026-09-13: approval keeps falling past 50 hours, down to 25.8% over 100 hours, and the key-versus-store gap has closed.
Project Zomboid reviews: newcomers, not veterans, are unhappy
1,500 fresh Steam reviews by playtime and language. New players under 2 hours score 40% positive; Chinese-language reviews trail their own average by 17 points.
Project Zomboid server lag checklist that saves progress
Server lag is rarely one setting. Work through six checks in order, save progress in the browser, and stop re-diagnosing the same server every session.