Smack Studio

Smack Studio

Steam Deck Unsupported

ThirdPixel Interactive · Character Customization · Jul 31, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

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

84%
Very Positive
637 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 124 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 637 player reviews · updated 6 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
56% of themes are praise22% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Finalizing characters can often crash the game, even if what you're finalizing isn't that intensive, which is really funny for a software dedicated to PIXEL ART.
124 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you're familiar with platform fighters you'll see the gameplay as a mix of a bunch of other platform fighters best parts!
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Since you can't make your own rig from the start it save the premade's depth of textures to the point you have to go in yourself to readjust them in order to be seen properly, but there can be issues of clipping as well as missing textures.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
What this means is that, without input from other members of the community, a new creator will most likely not be able to create a character who they can play online without every other player quitting out on them because the template and half the base roster gaslit them into believing that a big projectile that controls half the screen and can be fired twice a second is fair.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
(Side note: I adjusted my keyboard controls to be WASD for my movement controls, "J" for Jump, "H" for Attack/Menu Select, "U" for Shield, and "K" for Special/Menu Back, and found them to work quite well.)
9 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 love5 themes
Story and characters124 reviews
Gameplay23 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat13 reviews
62%
Controls10 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes28 reviews
46%
Bugs14 reviews
71%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are 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.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very 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.