Esoteric Ebb

Esoteric Ebb

Steam Deck Verified

Christoffer Bodegård · Story Rich · Mar 3, 2026

Yes, worth buying.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $19.99.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 227 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 47 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated 5 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
88% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing is good, but not quite top-tier in this respect.
227 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay itself can get even exciting at times, when the pace is set by the wonderful soundtrack.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics and art design are more than acceptable and I appreciate the unusual art style, even if the maps are somewhat confusing.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is wonderful; the art-style is fun although not entirely to my liking.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
* speaking of gear, your inventory does fill up with junk after a while. it's also funny at first how many items give you straight debuffs, but then it gets kind of boring once you get a few pieces without drawbacks and everything else is trash, other than the situational items which are very gamey and minmaxy to juggle, and also i don't think i got to make use of a single of the situational buff items after i got them.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It plays very well on the Steam Deck.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters227 reviews
Gameplay58 reviews
Graphics34 reviews
Audio33 reviews
Interface13 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat47 reviews
72%

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 $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
56
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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