Demon Tides

Demon Tides

Steam Deck Verified

Fabraz · 3D Platformer · Feb 19, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $19.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
870 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 144 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 870 player reviews · updated 4 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
59% of themes are praise33% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If you were a fan of demon turf, I would say this game loses a bit of it's original style, as the characters no longer use 2D sprites in a 3D environment that I thought gave Turf a really good style.
144 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack of this game is definitely one of the best in any of the games I've played recently.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Some of these are present on islands with speedrun leaderboards, and when replaying these islands for the record times, you're forced to redo the trials as part of the island as well, which greatly hinders this game's replayability.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Also, a little note on the graphics and visuals: I was a little put off by the original demon turfs art style and the mix of 2D character and 3D turned me away from the game when I tried the demo so I think this games switch to full 3D with a cel shaded art style is a very welcome change and the visuals in general look a lot prettier in this game.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It runs smooth on Steam Deck btw.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Accessibility
Players who bring up Accessibility mostly praise it.
The game has unlockable "talismans" (basically badges from other games) that let you adjust Beebz's moveset and make the game easier or harder for yourself, which also helps with the accessibility there.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+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.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters144 reviews
Audio74 reviews
Gameplay69 reviews
Graphics48 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Accessibility8 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty39 reviews
90%
Combat28 reviews
100%
Performance21 reviews
90%
Interface8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs14 reviews
86%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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