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Cleared Hot

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Not Knowing Corporation · Flight · Nov 20, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k 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
64% of themes are praise27% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- There is light narrative mission context which feels like it exists purely as glue between arcade sequences and doesn't try to be more than that.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Okay as a Strike Series fan, this is waaay better than i expected, if i could give more money to the devs i would because they were COOKING here with the gameplay loop, i also love how they expand the winch mechanic from the Strike games to have more flexibility, now you can winch random objects, enemies, MISSILES, and that is really fun.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
The performance is also way better than the first demo i've played, less stuttering, more fps, less bugs, i don't doubt it will run smoothly as well on mobile devices and steam deck.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Voice acting leans hard into cheesy 90s action banter, clearly intentional, and lands most of the time, the rest is just noise.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Top-down art style is clean and readable.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
For controls everything is good except for mouse and controller aim sensitivity, mouse aim is waaay to slow and the controller is the opposite, way too fast.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters79 reviews
Gameplay69 reviews
Steam Deck36 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Controls22 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat68 reviews
93%
Difficulty26 reviews
92%
Performance9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes13 reviews
85%

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 $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
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Average playtime
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