PERISH

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 563 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

ITEM42 · Gore · Feb 2, 2023

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
67
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
16
Full audio1 of 16
Subtitles0 of 16

Should I buy PERISH?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 563 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 274 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise274 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
81 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
The world is polished and complete, the character models make sense and are crafted well, the variety of weapons all look good.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
68 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
My friends and I had a great time with progression, game play and weapon/card variance.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
64 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
The shared tension of risking collected resources and the satisfaction of surviving a difficult encounter together make co-op sessions particularly rewarding.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
30 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
The most interesting songs of the soundtrack come from the Chthonic Quarter, specifically in Thalassian Fissure and the fight with Dismal Lord Karkinos.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
This is the perfect case study for why a strong, consistent and personalized art style is more important than high-fidelity graphics alone.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
22 of 274 sampled reviews raised it
Firstly, just based off of the laughs I've had in multiplayer, this game is worth the price tag 100%.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat81 reviews
Gameplay68 reviews
Co-op64 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Multiplayer22 reviews
Story17 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
86% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend
Performance
67% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Interface
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

10 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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