Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

Steam Deck Playable

Digital Eclipse · Retro · Nov 11, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $15.99.

92%
Very Positive
577 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Interface: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 577 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
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
For those interested in playing Tempest, I found in the Steam discussions that you need to go into the settings on the main menu and turn down the mouse sensitivity, and the game plays great.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The other is that many of these titles and their gameplay philosophy have been improved upon by indie dev's.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
When it comes to quality on a player-by-player basis, you will need a reasonably powerful machine -- CPU, graphics card, sound card, and RAM are the focus I'm getting at.
10 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 love3 themes
Interface24 reviews
Gameplay11 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Controls27 reviews
85%
Story and characters23 reviews
96%
Multiplayer6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance8 reviews
50%
Bugs6 reviews
67%

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. 4 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 $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $15.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
20
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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