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Chasing Rats Games · Indie · Aug 27, 2020

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.

87%
Very Positive
697 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 697 player reviews · updated 6 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
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
However, a new female friend I made through Steam expressed interest in doing a coop run of it.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
However, what the game really shines in are its sound effects, which are truly amusing sometimes, like Troy’s screams and grunts.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you are somebody that wants smooth controls and easy gameplay from the start, you may want to pass this one up.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
[✔️] Like playing "candy crush" for the story
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
The fact that I wanted to throw my controller at the wall made it even funnier.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
As I already mentioned in the beginning, I love the game’s visuals.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Co-op72 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Story and characters26 reviews
Controls25 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty11 reviews
64%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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