GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

Buy88%

Very Positive · 67k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Arc System Works · Fighting · Jun 11, 2021

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Price
$29.92
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
39
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio3 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 67k player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Pros: Probably the most fun I've had with any fighting game from this generation (Street Fighter 6, 2XKO, Tekken 8, etc.), unmatched style and visuals combined with stellar optimization as far as I'm aware, ranked mode gets me matches in less than a couple minutes on average, really diverse roster in both visuals and playstyle, excellent balance compared to other games, and stellar dev support.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its characters, stories (LOTSA LORE), mechanics, art style, flows incredibly well together.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The BGM is top tier, and the sound design and voice acting really hit.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style being a 3D with the most 2D style I’ve seen is eye candy
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The base roster comes with a few characters I take absolutely no interest in, but the DLC characters have somebody for everybody at this point.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Anyway good fighter with a hell of an online learning curve, plenty to do in single player modes.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay72 reviews
Story30 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Characters23 reviews
Difficulty22 reviews
Co-op12 reviews
Combat6 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Monetization
52% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
69% still recommend
Multiplayer
64% still recommend
Controls
57% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.92

The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.92

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