Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 41 sampled reviews
Based on 53 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 41 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise41 helpful reviews0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
24 of 41 sampled reviews raised it
Schildmaid feels like a classic 1990's horizontal shoot 'em up and it pays careful attention to the tropes and expectations of SHMUPs past, but it is loaded with modern sensibilities, a fair difficulty curve and a slick gameplay loop that is easy to learn and addicting to master.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 41 sampled reviews raised it
The game comes with three player ship types, 4 unlockable game modes (and 4 additional EX modes), impressive graphics, a bumping soundtrack to chase away your wife (if you have a good subwoofer), an online leaderboard, achievements, perfect gamepad support (XBox One, DS 4) and quite a bunch of options.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 41 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are clear - hazards are outlined in red to show what you shouldn't fly into.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
6 of 41 sampled reviews raised it
Coming into it as someone always interested in, but never much good at, the shmup genre I've been very impressed by how well the difficulty curve has been set.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay24 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
No recurring complaints in this sample.
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- DualSense Controller Support
- DualShock Controller Support
- Full controller support
- Gamepad Recommended
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Full price
$14.99
We haven't seen it on sale yet.
2 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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