Batman™: Arkham Knight

Batman™: Arkham Knight

Steam Deck Verified

Rocksteady Studios · Action · Jun 23, 2015

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

90%
Very Positive
159k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 164 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 123 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 159k player reviews · updated 2 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
75% of themes are praise17% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I played this game for 12.3 hours and finished the main campaign alongside two of the story DLCs.
164 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
* Perfected Free-Flow combat and stealth mechanics, introducing satisfying multi-takedowns and dual-character combat transitions.
123 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay, if a little easy, has only seen a nice polish and really benefits from a tremendous leap in technology as there is a lot more interactivity with the environment and a lot more integration with Batman's gadgets.
115 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visuals: 10/10 - Arkham Knight definitely has the best visual fidelity in all of the games, having been released the latest.
103 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
- stealth missions can only really be played stealthily with great difficulty.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Audio: 8/10 - The usual very good voice acting is much the same.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 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 love9 themes
Story and characters164 reviews
Combat123 reviews
Gameplay115 reviews
Graphics103 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance14 reviews
100%
Bugs9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes7 reviews
86%

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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
113
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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