Ghostrunner

Ghostrunner

Steam Deck Playable

One More Level · Action · Oct 27, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.49.

91%
Very Positive
67k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 105 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 38 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 67k player reviews · updated 4 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
67% of themes are praise22% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story behind our Ghostrunner is okay tier.
105 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
After 10 hours of gameplay, I didn't have any lag in my playtime; the game is very well optimized.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ pretty nice graphics, colour palette as well as lighting
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The story is your regular revenge plot, pretty straight forward, but the gameplay is truly where all the fun is, being elevated by an absolutely amazing synthwave soundtrack that makes each movement and encounter with enemies much more intense and satisfying.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
☐ A controller is just as good!
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
After 10 hours of gameplay, I didn't have any lag in my playtime; the game is very well optimized.
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters105 reviews
Gameplay89 reviews
Graphics48 reviews
Audio46 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat69 reviews
77%
Performance15 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty38 reviews
76%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.49 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $7.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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