Desolation Seed

Desolation Seed

Steam Deck Playable

ECS Software · Simulation · Jul 6, 2026

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $13.49.

68%
Mixed
71 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 71 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 62 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
{Spoulers. ahead. and TLDR: i find the game quite fun, there are some issues i personally have, primarily with how enemies sometimes spawn, minor gripes with parts leading up to the ending, and with experience, finding the game to become a little easy [ambiguous if this is a positive or negative due to how it was originally].
8 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
the overall gameplay loop is quite addicting. having wide open areas where u have to fend off combat drones, and entering Nest areas to tag humans 2 buy more stimulants to aid ur survival , while continuing with ur goal to connect the computers to the world parliament servers. visuals, atmosphere and sound design / music as well are also Damn Awesome as expected from a project involving ferraro.
7 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
the overall gameplay loop is quite addicting. having wide open areas where u have to fend off combat drones, and entering Nest areas to tag humans 2 buy more stimulants to aid ur survival , while continuing with ur goal to connect the computers to the world parliament servers. visuals, atmosphere and sound design / music as well are also Damn Awesome as expected from a project involving ferraro.
6 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Otherwise atmosphere is great and game play is tense, controlling the surrogate feels more like controlling a vehicle than stand FPS controls if that makes sense.
3 of 62 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
Story and characters8 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Performance3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay11 reviews
55%
Combat8 reviews
63%
Interface8 reviews
38%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs7 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.

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 $13.49.

2 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
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