Draft of Darkness

Draft of Darkness

Steam Deck Playable

Crawly Games · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Aug 23, 2023

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

93%
Very Positive
363 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 363 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 209 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise14% are divided29% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Each character is wildly varied, the story is 10-20 hours long depending on how rng and your success in beating the levels, and the builds able to be created keep you coming back game after game.
64 of 209 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you are still on the fence i'm sure you can find a few YouTube videos on this game for some raw gameplay.
37 of 209 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Supplementing the game's lock-tight mechanical interplay is its setting, depicted in an art style that I can only lovingly describe as 'CRT Monitor Splatterpunk.'
30 of 209 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
From the absolutely brilliant music and audio design to the chilling visuals, playing this game late at night can definitely build paranoia whilst causing you to lose track of several hours of time.
17 of 209 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 characters64 reviews
Gameplay37 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat32 reviews
94%
Difficulty14 reviews
93%

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 5 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 $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
56
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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