Yes, worth buying.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.
- Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 17k player reviews · updated a day ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The game borrows a good number of its gameplay elements from side-scrolling platformers.
Even years after release, this mode remains a focal point for veterans and newcomers alike, giving the game continued life beyond its initial campaign.
Visually, Spelunky embraces a charming, cartoonish art style that belies its difficulty.
Oh and don't forget to try a co-op game.
There's a lot of Spelunky that I didn't get a chance to access, like the game's many secret areas, and the full fledged multiplayer mode, so perhaps my opinion would have improved had I experienced those.
The soundtrack is equally effective, with looping, atmospheric tracks that shift in tone as the tension ramps up—quiet enough to never become annoying over hundreds of runs, yet memorable enough to enhance the game’s mood.
+1 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.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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