Anomalous

Buy70%

Mixed · 179 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Byron Dunwoody · Action · Sep 22, 2024

Player review score
70%
Mixed
Price
$8.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Anomalous?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 179 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 133 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise11% are divided44% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 133 sampled reviews raised it
Low-fidelity textures and bold color contrasts evoke the texture of classic 16-bit and early PC shooters, but the lighting, screen effects, and environmental details push the presentation far beyond simple nostalgia.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
21 of 133 sampled reviews raised it
The pace of the gameplay is pretty solid right now, the movement is fast and feels pretty good, the bit of platforming you need to do works fairly well, the combat is mostly pretty solid and the weapons feel like they pack a punch - and the gore and blood effects combined with the partially destructible elements in the environment make it a lot of fun.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 133 sampled reviews raised it
The game looks good in most places, the soundtrack is pretty solid too.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
10 of 133 sampled reviews raised it
The game ran fine on my machine (i7-6700K, GTX 1080) pegged at the FPS limit of 120.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Graphics25 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Performance10 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
67% still recommend
Story
70% still recommend
Difficulty
40% still recommend
Bugs
86% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$8.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $8.99

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