- Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 330 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 122 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
You can constantly switch between different characters, use their special skills, swap again, hit another ability, change element, change playstyle, and keep the pressure going.
If you keep rotating between morphs, using their special abilities and taking advantage of the different elements instead of trying to play the whole game as pure melee or pure ranged, you can absolutely melt every boss and you will not encounter a stamina problem even once (with the correct morph rotation of course).
The story is good, the music fits the atmosphere well, and the game is also refreshingly short.
Deathbound is a really solid Souls-like, but what makes it stand out is that it does not force you to play the entire game around one character and one fixed build.
The environments are detailed, with atmospheric lighting and textures that immerse players in the bleak urban landscape.
The game’s soundtrack and audio design complement its dark and foreboding tone.
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What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- DualSense Controller Support
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
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