Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Steam Deck Verified

Metamorphosis Games · RPG · Jul 16, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

80%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k 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
56% of themes are praise44% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game has several consumable items, and it tries to introduce an interesting gameplay quirk by you having to assign them to limited quickslots.
107 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are quite gorgeous on the other hand, I would definitely call the visuals one of the stronger points.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It looks good, but it doesn't look amazing; the soundtrack is good, but there's a number of tracks that are just tepid; the moveset you have access to feels good, but half the moves arrest your movement; the enemies are varied, but are often designed in such a way that the only viable way to deal with them is to stun them or not interact with their moves entirely.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It's very weird because the core of the game, the movement and how your character feels to use, was pretty darn solid, albeit with some weirdness with the keybinds.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Just played thru the game on my Steam Deck, worked flawlessly.
8 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
Gameplay107 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters241 reviews
77%
Combat136 reviews
78%
Difficulty59 reviews
81%
Interface7 reviews
29%
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. 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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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