Guacamelee! Gold Edition

Guacamelee! Gold Edition

Steam Deck Verified

Drinkbox Studios · Metroidvania · Aug 8, 2013

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.74.

93%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 6k 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
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Even after getting new power-ups, it keeps bringing a great challenge on the main game and side quests
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphically, there isn't too much to shout about, it's a 2d side scroller so generally nothing spectacular is going to be seen, however the art style on show is gorgeous.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It has platforming, fighting, ability progression, all very well made.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
A fun metroidvania beat em up, with a great setting and soundtrack.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Local co-op multiplayer... that's very nice probably.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It could be that I was playing this on the Steam Deck, but nothing ever felt completely crisp.
8 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 love6 themes
Story and characters96 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Gameplay56 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Co-op21 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat91 reviews
89%
Difficulty54 reviews
87%
Controls39 reviews
79%
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. 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.74 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.74

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
60
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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