Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $7.99.
- Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Monetization: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 338 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 202 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
- Satisfying gameplay (long combos and figuring out better chains)
- Amazing aesthetics and art style
The original soundtrack, by musician Sam Webster, is a brilliant match for the title: meditative, dreamy trip-hop, unobtrusive enough that it can just melt into long hours of gameplay without distraction but distinctive enough that I always feel like I'm going "ooh, it's this track, I love this track" when I start a level.
Also relatedly, plays well on Steam Deck, including at much lower framerates for the sake of battery life.
Grindstone starts strong with a hand drawn art style, and a video which leads you to believe there may be a story unfolding.
The core game loop of chaining huge combos is satisfying and the difficulty is fairly forgiving, with some occasional levels jumping up in complexity.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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 5 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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