Maniac

Maniac

Steam Deck Verified

Transhuman Design · Singleplayer · Mar 28, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $1.24.

91%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 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
36% of themes are praise18% are divided46% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
In theory, this is a wonderful idea - mixing the nostalgic free roaming massacre gameplay that we know and love from the first two GTAs and similar titles with semi-rogue-lite "survivors" mechanics.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Expected more creativity and better graphics as well.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Amazing for Steam Deck.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
the sound: music, sound effects and character quips were all great
6 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
Gameplay49 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Steam Deck15 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters85 reviews
82%
Controls7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat32 reviews
72%
Bugs15 reviews
40%
Crashes9 reviews
56%
Interface9 reviews
44%
Performance6 reviews
100%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.24.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
65
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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