Highwater

Highwater

Steam Deck Playable

Demagog Studio · Action · Mar 14, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.99.

71%
Mostly Positive
99 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 50 sampled reviews

Based on 99 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 50 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise40% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
For instance, I feel like I know more about Nikos' yellow dinghy, Argo - which is named after the ship from a Greek story than I do about Nikos' companions.
23 of 50 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game's visuals are incredibly stunning, especially the low-resolution art style.
11 of 50 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The stylized graphics look great, the sound design is fantastic and the characters are wonderful.
3 of 50 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
Story and characters23 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat22 reviews
50%
Gameplay10 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $6.99 (−65%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $6.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly 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.

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