Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian

Steam Deck Verified

j4nw · Roguelike · Sep 24, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

89%
Very Positive
889 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 889 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
63% of themes are praise37% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
+ Lots of replayability due to different characters
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ Addictive gameplay
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The UI, graphics, music and sound design are clean and wonderfully minimal
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The clean visuals and simple interface keeps the focus on puzzle-solving.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Works great on Steamdeck.
7 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 love5 themes
Story and characters68 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty45 reviews
89%
Graphics15 reviews
93%
Combat11 reviews
82%
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

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 $4.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
18
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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