Driftwood

Driftwood

Steam Deck Verified

Stoked Sloth Interactive · Funny · Aug 1, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

93%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 38 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
75% of themes are praise8% are divided17% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Currently the game needs more polish but it has a solid foundation and a fun core gameplay loop.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound design and music play a vital role in establishing Driftwood’s atmosphere.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I understand the game is still in early access and the team still working on it but I think with the game graphics it should run perfectly on my Steam Deck with 60 fps in High settings, however it does it only with 30 so Devs should still work on optimization.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
A lot of negative comments about things that are really negligible (and kind of unrealistic to expect out of a team of this size), but for what it is, and as someone who has been playing this game since VERY early on, this game is really solid and the addition of online multiplayer has been a blast.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Keep in mind that you'll definitely want to use a controller for this.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
It's not too hard to get a feel for them and when you do it's easy to put yourself where you want to.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love9 themes
Gameplay47 reviews
Audio46 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Multiplayer21 reviews
Controls17 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Interface10 reviews
Story and characters8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance13 reviews
62%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs38 reviews
71%
Crashes25 reviews
92%

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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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