198X

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Hi-Bit Studios · Indie · Jun 20, 2019

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
14
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio1 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy 198X?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 164 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 82 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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
37% of themes are praise36% are divided27% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
164 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Overall the story is decent, but I feel like it's too barebones, it's more or less a set up for things to come, with it setting up the pieces, but those pieces not moving anywhere.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has many pros like interesting nostalgic story, mixture of genres in one game, retro atmosphere, challenging difficulty, easy accessibility, nice graphics, great ambient soundtrack and retro sounds along with great narration.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Holy moly, the pixel art style of this game is amazing to say the least.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The difficulty was nice, very old school, and I don't care that there is no checkpoints, but the controls for each game are just awful, and you don't have controller support.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story164 reviews
Audio78 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Difficulty15 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
86% still recommend
Characters
50% still recommend
Accessibility
100% still recommend
Performance
67% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
71% still recommend
Interface
31% still recommend
Controls
58% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99