Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Steam Deck Verified

Endlessfluff Games · Metroidvania · Oct 30, 2013

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

84%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 191 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 5 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
37% of themes are praise36% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game has 4 VASTLY different/unique characters to play as.
191 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Replayability: S Tier.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Art style and character/enemy design is outstanding
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound track is honestly one of my favorite elements of the game overall.
45 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 love4 themes
Story and characters191 reviews
Gameplay91 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Audio45 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat155 reviews
77%
Difficulty73 reviews
81%
Controls24 reviews
71%
Performance6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Interface21 reviews
52%
Bugs12 reviews
67%
Crashes7 reviews
43%

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.

Full price

Currently $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
77
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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