Trench Tales

Trench Tales

Steam Deck Playable

Talking Drums · PvE · May 6, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $13.74.

71%
Mostly Positive
686 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 67 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 686 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
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
As someone captivated by its haunting atmosphere and striking art style, I’m already hooked on its exploration and eagerly anticipating the unfolding of its world-building, lore, and story.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The idea behind the game, the world and the gameplay are all really cool and great, that being said IT IS STILL VERY MUCH EARLY ACCESS wich means:
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
It really needs an optimization tho, it's running very poorly.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
game plays pretty good on steam deck even though its marked as unsupported due to graphics , I would mark this as playable and just mess around with the graphics setting a little bit .
6 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 love4 themes
Graphics42 reviews
Gameplay41 reviews
Optimization18 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters50 reviews
66%
Controls23 reviews
65%
Audio21 reviews
57%
Performance19 reviews
53%
Difficulty12 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat67 reviews
75%
Bugs55 reviews
64%
Interface15 reviews
33%

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 $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $13.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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