Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood

Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood

Steam Deck Verified

Mega Cat Studios · Action Roguelike · Sep 20, 2023

Worth it for the right player.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.99.

78%
Mostly Positive
890 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 87 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 88 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 890 player reviews · updated 6 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
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Even playing optimally, you will be lucky to get far into a run without investing in the meta-progression stat boosts.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- This game has a very unique art style compared to most with high levels of gore, and I love that aspect.
87 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music and sound effects are fun and poppy.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It looked interesting, I love playing games like this on Steam Deck, the price was low, so why not try it?
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controller Support Added in 0.27
7 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 love5 themes
Gameplay91 reviews
Graphics87 reviews
Audio39 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters76 reviews
78%
Difficulty37 reviews
76%
Interface10 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat88 reviews
69%
Bugs13 reviews
62%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
93
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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