Silica

Silica

Steam Deck Playable

Martin 'Dram' Melichárek · RTS · May 3, 2023

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $15.99.

76%
Mostly Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 3 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
55% of themes are praise18% are divided27% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
FPS not much to do in the start 10+min beside scout the map and wait for better units to be built.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Cool concept, hollow gameplay.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The lighting engine does much of the heavy lifting, giving the landscape an almost photographic sense of heat and distance.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
To Bohemia’s credit, optimization has improved incrementally with each update, but there’s still considerable work to be done before the experience feels smooth and consistent.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I’ve got 12 hours in this game now and have played as all factions in multiplayer, and... it feels weird.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound effects are okay, but the recoil of the automatic weapons is SUPER high when you're zoomed in while remaining completely flat as they're fired from the hip.
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 love6 themes
Performance74 reviews
Gameplay30 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Optimization23 reviews
Multiplayer13 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters13 reviews
54%
Difficulty9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat34 reviews
65%
Bugs15 reviews
53%
Crashes9 reviews
22%

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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $15.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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