Realm of Ink

Realm of Ink

Steam Deck Verified

Leap Studio · Action Roguelike · May 26, 2026

Yes, worth buying.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $22.49.

91%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 90 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 6k 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
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters, bosses and enemies look amazing as well, admittedly there's way more cleavages than I can comment, but yeah there's certainly more Waifus in this game than Hades.
90 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Pros - Build variety is good, combat is responsive for the most part, Chinese theme helps it stand out.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The art is incredible, the gameplay is fluid and fun, the build crafting can be utterly insane by the end of the run.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is distinct, animations are fluid, visually it's a really nice package that works really well on the Steam Deck and a high end PC.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Honestly I was rather surprised to hear really good voice-acting for the NPCs and Protagonist, it gives them lots more character, my biggest qualm is that not everything is voiced, but it isn't really a big issue,
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
The art style is distinct, animations are fluid, visually it's a really nice package that works really well on the Steam Deck and a high end PC.
12 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 characters90 reviews
Combat88 reviews
Gameplay84 reviews
Graphics74 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty66 reviews
88%
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. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 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 $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $22.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
86
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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