Prototype™

Prototype™

Steam Deck Playable

Radical Entertainment · Action · Jun 10, 2009

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

80%
Very Positive
14k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Linux compatibility: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 14k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise27% are divided46% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Everything about it is good, from the graphics, to the story, to the gameplay.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I would also like to say, ALL of my playtime has been on my steamdeck so I didn't have to install any patches or anything to get the game working.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
Id recommend playing on Easy difficulty, The game can get on your nerves at higher difficulty,Didn't have any trouble with crashes or low frames but i am on linux if that helps.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay45 reviews
Steam Deck17 reviews
Linux compatibility9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters75 reviews
75%
Graphics26 reviews
85%
Controls16 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat37 reviews
57%
Crashes32 reviews
47%
Difficulty22 reviews
55%
Performance15 reviews
53%
Bugs8 reviews
88%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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Player review score
80%
Very Positive
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