Aliens: Dark Descent

Aliens: Dark Descent

Steam Deck Playable

Tindalos Interactive · Strategy · Jun 19, 2023

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

88%
Very Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 139 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 60 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 2 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
42% of themes are praise16% are divided42% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- Lore Integration: The narrative respects the franchise’s tone and themes.
139 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's atmospheric, stress inducing, insanely frustrating at times - but god has it got soul and passion baked into it and gameplay that punches way above it's weight class.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The atmosphere and graphics are true to the retro sci-fi of the original movies (not the modern version like in Alien Covenant or Alien Prometheus).
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound design is actually great.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
CONTROLLER SUPPORT
9 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 characters139 reviews
Gameplay89 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface11 reviews
64%
Optimization7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty60 reviews
87%
Combat51 reviews
84%
Bugs46 reviews
67%
Crashes26 reviews
73%
Performance7 reviews
43%

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 $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
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.