Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.
- Gameplay: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k 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.
* fantastic soundtrack if you like the music styles featured (it does start to get repetitive after ~20 hours of gameplay, but that may be exacerbated by the gameplay itself)
Plus, not to mention the Bloons games constantly staying in the top selling list for it's genre at time of writing.
The only good thing I can say about this game - the soundtrack is stellar.
With metal rock and synthesizer electronic music as the themes, the sometimes passionate and sometimes slow music not only echoes the art style of the Heretic's Fork but also adds a lot of fun and immersion to this auto battler game.
* there is a "quick card paly" option in the menu, highly recommended, I found it way too late
Heretic’s Fork is a stylish and addictive experience that feels tailor-made for handheld play, like the Steam Deck.
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Currently $4.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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