Pumpkin Jack

Pumpkin Jack

Steam Deck Verified

Evil Raptor · Adventure · Oct 23, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $3.59.

91%
Very Positive
10k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 105 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 114 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated 3 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
64% of themes are praise27% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The narrative remains light and humorous throughout, functioning more as a framework for the gameplay than a deeply emotional story.
105 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It’s a love letter to the golden age of PS2-era games, mixing spooky charm with smooth, modern gameplay.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
For those interested, it is an unreal engine 4 title with a variety of graphics settings including ray tracing that can be toggled on/off to see visual differences mid-game without needing to restart the entire game.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music is immersive with the game atmosphere.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
SteamDeck - with DX11, tweaking the settings a bit got a pretty smooth 60fps with only minor drops in places.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controler support is nice and had no issue using a PS5 controller (Other than seeing Xbox boton inputs in the game UI but that hapens in most of Steam games).
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 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 love7 themes
Story and characters105 reviews
Gameplay75 reviews
Graphics68 reviews
Audio45 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty33 reviews
85%
Crashes14 reviews
86%
Performance8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat114 reviews
80%

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 $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.59.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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