Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Story and characters: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 1k 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.
Puzzle Quest CoTW is the origin of RPG match-3 genre and happens to be one of the best of its kind also.
Plus, I can assure you there is no limits on the gameplay, adding the expansion should extend it more, so expect to spend from 30 to 100+ hours for it.
Played multiplayer?
Also, this works reasonably well on the Steam Deck if you stick with mouse controls.
The magic in this first title was never recaptured by its sequels, it spawned so many imitators that the innovation was taken for granted very soon after release, Match 3 x random genre became yet another groan-inducing combo, and now we have Marvel Puzzle Quest which isn't bad but is so mired in the mobile pay to win gacha systems that it loses sight of what made this first title so fun.
Soundtrack and story are mediocre, graphics are alright, but it's a fun game packing a lot of hours.
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Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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