Thought of getting this but...

[Shwartzs]

the negative reviews seem more accurate, the positive feed backs seem like they are fake, kind of like a paid service in order to sell more copies. Its same thing corporations do with google reviews in order to raise their ratings. Look at the amount of issues in Discussions, then read the positive reviews with negative feed back, and then the pure 100% positive feed back which looks staged or otherwise known as a paid service.... don't care if its a copy of another game, but lack of content is what bothers me. Many of you complain about it being a copy of Rimworld, look at the amount of survival games online, they almost all similar in one way or another. But lack of content and no road map puts a game into question and the money in our wallets.

[Flin Fredstone]

A shame that the misinformed base their opinion on what someone else have said and then come to claim to know what is real and fake.

[starlight78sso]

It's not a copy of Rimworld, but some have compaired it to that game. I have played it, I like the game, and no I'm not being paid by anyone to say that. Most of the negative reviews are because of it having an Denevo. Not all of the discussions are because of issues, some are because they would like to see other things implemented, or are confused on how to do certain things.

[msor]

A lot of positive reviews comes from Early Access stage. Game was really good and promising at that time. Unbalancing, wonky UI, missing content - are perfectly fine for EA stage. Unfortunately all of these issues has not been resolved. Game has been released in absolutely unfinished condition. Which starts to generate complains and negative reviews.

[Summanus]

The issues you see mentioned in this forum are mostly to report bugs or provide the devs with constructive feedback. Its not a negative thing - its how a game improves and develops. Negative would be a forum where everyone is just hating on the game (like New World) or where its totally dead because no-one is playing. I'm sure some people would look upon some of my posts as negative and complaining about the game, but in truth I absolutely love this game (I've played over 120 hours in the last 2 weeks alone), which is why I'm putting so much effort into reporting issues and providing feedback.

Is the game perfect in its current state? No.
Are there ways in which it can still be improved? Yes, of course.
Does it mean we're all being negative about the game? Hell no.

Reviews on any platform are always a minefield. You have to sort the real from the bogus. I myself wrote a very short review of the game that gave no real details purely because no-one ever seems to read my reviews so I just wanted to up-vote the game and not expend too much effort writing an essay no-one will read. But if you see my review you can tell that I have a lot of hours in this game and that should indicate to you that its genuine.
If you see reviews where people have given a thumbs up after 2 hours and then never played again then, yeah, maybe ignore those ones.

TLDR: This game does still have issues and bugs which need to be ironed out, but that doesn't stop it from being immensely enjoyable in its current state and well worth the price, in my opinion.

[squib]

I have this game and I don't compare it to Rimworld. I can simply tell you that I have fun playing this game. I haven't gotten bored of it and find it very replayable especially if you mix up your character choices. As mentioned a lot of the bad reviews are due to Denuvo. If you enjoy this type of game, I would recommend it, if you don't like this type of game don't buy it. none of the positive reviews are fake, not one of them. Why can I make this claim? Because it makes about as much sense as the claim OP makes.

[The Ugly Dwarf]

the game is a nice survival in sci-fi settings. It has some good ideas (exploration, research), and you can spent some good hours on it.
No need to trash it.

[Moyocoya]

I don't quite understand the point of making a post to say you're probably not going to buy the game. It's up to you...
And as for the validity of reviews, positive or negative, I don't see how Stranded is any more concerned than any other game.