Scarlet Tower

Buy81%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Pyxeralia LLC · Vampires · Mar 25, 2024

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Price
$3.49−50%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
103
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio1 of 11
Subtitles11 of 11

Should I buy Scarlet Tower?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 131 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 53 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
131 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This lets you easily try out new characters and still keep the most significant bonuses to your progression, while also ensuring that there is still enough difference to warrant and encourage investment in your favorites.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Compared to Vampire Survivors, the aesthetics feel much more refined with detailed pixel-art graphics, which comes at the cost of readability once the screen is filled with monsters and spell animations.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Yes it has some issues with balancing, and does alot of things that you can expect, but having unique twists like a day and night cycles, familiars, and a rune system with alot of playable characters lets it feel like a unique game.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Secondly...a really good thing, there are actually little side quests / missions you can complete while playing the level.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Music/soundThe music and sound effects are good but it does get repetitive after all the grind required.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is a deep progression system which is very grindy and slow but there if you want to slowly carve into it, and the upgrade mechanics are a little unclear as after 10+ hours I still don't know how to actually fuse a weapon, but I am enjoying it for what it is and absolutely perfect on the Steam Deck.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay131 reviews
Graphics36 reviews
Characters26 reviews
Story18 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
55% still recommend
Difficulty
58% still recommend
Bugs
45% still recommend
Interface
64% still recommend
Performance
11% still recommend
Optimization
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$3.49$6.99−50%

The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

7 points recordedtoday · $3.49

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