Path of Giants

Path of Giants

Steam Deck Verified

Journey Bound Games · Indie · Feb 14, 2020

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $8.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
89% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Path of Giants is a wonderful little puzzle game with a very light story and brain-teasing platform-navigation puzzles (not to be confused with a puzzle platformer).
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Although the game might not feel challenging enough for some people, the level of difficulty is good enough to cover a wide range of players so that everyone can enjoy the game and no one gets left behind.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Path of Giants is a logic puzzle game with colorful graphics and cute animations.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game is short (including the expansion) but not to its detriment - I feel like more stages would have become too same-y and repetitive without a major unwelcome gameplay change.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The simple yet atmospheric art direction combined with a very fitting passive soundtrack made for an enjoyable experience throughout; I'd definitely recommend this game to any casual puzzle enthusiast or someone who wants a simple game to play and unwind, especially if it goes on sale.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Playing on a laptop with a trackpad is awkward (right-click to undo your last move needs to go away), but with a mouse or a controller it's fluid and responsive.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters96 reviews
Difficulty76 reviews
Graphics66 reviews
Gameplay28 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Controls16 reviews
Accessibility8 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Bugs10 reviews
90%

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.

Full price

Currently $8.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
17
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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