Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Buy90%

Very Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Zootfly · Action · Sep 20, 2013

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$0.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 87 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game does a pretty good job of keeping things fresh with many different level environments, multiple weapons and unique bosses.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Onto the gameplay, you've got all of the Hack & Slash basics handled nicely. 4 weapons, 4 magic abilities, diozens of combos and a simple and easy to follow progression system (you upgrade your weapons/abilities and through that also gain extra health/mana respectively).
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Not only that - but the art-direction + technical graphics are surprisingly actually good here, as well.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is exactly what one would expect from a game deliberately imitating B-movies.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Marlow's non-stop barrage of action feels fantastic in the controls department with an XBox 360 Controller, playing and feeling very similar to the Darksiders series - which is fantastic!
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, this is the most Unreal Engine 3 game ever made, but it runs perfectly on Steam Deck and likely all low-end PCs.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat96 reviews
Gameplay75 reviews
Graphics50 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Controls14 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
86% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Players complain
Story
87% still recommend
Crashes
56% still recommend
Bugs
64% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$0.99$4.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $0.99

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