Yars Rising

Yars Rising

Steam Deck Verified

WayForward · Exploration · Sep 10, 2024

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $8.99.

83%
Very Positive
249 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 193 sampled reviews

Based on 249 player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 193 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I really hope that this game sells enough to see some sort of expanded content or story either as DLC or a sequel.
78 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
This combined with the music and quite frankly awesome sound design (your weapons, skills, the voice work, footsteps) all just add up to make this feel like a very well polished video game that brings back memories of the bold visuals and punchy sound effects of the old arcade machines i saw as a kid.
77 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Exploration forms the foundation of the gameplay experience.
51 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The next thing i love is the art style and visuals.
28 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Early on you get a very easy to read map that shows you where you have been but also places you still need to explore.
12 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Only complaint here is that a few times playing in bed on the Steam Deck has resulted in the music getting me way too energised to sleep.
4 of 193 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 love6 themes
Story and characters78 reviews
Audio77 reviews
Gameplay51 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Steam Deck4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty25 reviews
84%
Combat23 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend

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 4 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
33
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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