The Anacrusis

The Anacrusis

Steam Deck Verified

Stray Bombay · PvE · Dec 5, 2023

It depends on what you're after.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.

47%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 100 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Audio: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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
8% of themes are praise59% are divided33% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Other small issues have been fixed along the way as well and I can now see this game being a pretty decent pick if you want a new flavour of the co-op horde game genre.
46 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 love1 theme
Co-op46 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters111 reviews
45%
Gameplay77 reviews
48%
Graphics36 reviews
44%
Multiplayer24 reviews
38%
Difficulty23 reviews
48%
Servers and matchmaking16 reviews
63%
Interface13 reviews
31%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat100 reviews
47%
Audio40 reviews
35%
Performance30 reviews
30%
Bugs13 reviews
38%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
47%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
55
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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