Emberward

Buy97%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Refic Games · Tower Defense · Sep 17, 2026

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$16.99−15%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
100
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio0 of 13
Subtitles0 of 13

Should I buy Emberward?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 4k 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
78% of themes are praise22% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With all of these options, it means that each and every run will be unique and the replayability is endless.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like that if you're good enough you could just go right to the hardest difficulty and win, but at the same time you can progress and get some more power behind your character to get you over the hump.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art, the gameplay, the music, the style, the character design.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game features colorful and polished graphics matched with catchy music and sound effects.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
More Levels and a really good story would really take this game to the next level.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game runs flawlessly on both my PC and Steam Deck (with mapped controls as there is not yet controller support) without any loss of frames despite all of the actors on the screen.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay85 reviews
Difficulty20 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Story9 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
100% still recommend
Bugs
75% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

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

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Steam FrameVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$16.99$19.99−15%

The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $16.99