BALAN WONDERWORLD

BALAN WONDERWORLD

Steam Deck Verified

Square Enix · Casual · Mar 26, 2021

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

54%
Mixed
620 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 620 player reviews · updated 6 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
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Tons of colors, vibrant characters everywhere, and some truly weird designs.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It too has that vibrant feel and sense of wonder to it, coupling well with the visuals and honestly, a bit reminiscent of the platformers from the PS2 and GameCube era.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
And yes, it does have some good graphics, level design, and music too, but that is ultimately brought down by its one-button gameplay and tedious costume mechanic.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
(If anyone wants to really break the game apart, play in co-op.
10 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 love4 themes
Story and characters92 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Co-op10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay69 reviews
57%
Difficulty25 reviews
72%
Interface18 reviews
33%
Controls12 reviews
33%
Performance10 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat12 reviews
42%
Bugs9 reviews
44%
Crashes6 reviews
0%

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−85%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
54%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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