Game Reviews
By Real Gamers

VideoGameLive scores games across four dimensions: gameplay feel (which counts for 40% of the final score), visuals, value for money, and stream potential. Stream potential is tracked as a separate metric from the overall rating. Scores range from 0–10, where 9–10 means essential, 7–8.9 means a solid buy, 5–6.9 means wait for a sale, and 0–4.9 means skip it entirely.

VideoGameLive does not accept review codes from publishers, affiliate deals, or paid placements. The team purchases games independently before reviewing them, and community votes — not sponsors — determine which games get added to the review queue. Every review on the site is described as hype-free and community driven.

Stream Potential is a separate metric on every VideoGameLive review that measures how entertaining a game is to watch, whether it generates clips, and how appealing it is for live streaming. It is scored independently and does not feed into the main overall rating, so a game can score differently in Stream Potential than in its general review score.

VideoGameLive allows users to submit a game title directly on the site to add it to the review queue. Community votes decide which games get covered next, and the site states that no sponsored reviews are accepted under any circumstances, so all queued titles are chosen based on community interest alone.

The featured review this month covers an Action RPG available on PC and Console, earning a score of 9.1 and a Stream Potential of 8.8. The reviewer completed 40+ hours across multiple playthroughs. Highlights include strong visual fidelity and a deep progression system, while drawbacks include a required day-one patch, a steep early-game difficulty curve, and a thin story in Act 1.