Sonar Shock

Buy81%

Very Positive · 238 player reviews · Low confidence

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

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • Linux

Raphael Bossniak · Adventure · May 24, 2024

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Price
$7.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
31
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Sonar Shock?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 238 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 201 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise18% are divided36% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
55 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
If you ever played System Shock and felt like if you got lost or took a break for too long you were just stuck and might as well restart then have no fear, this game comes with an objectives log that is exactly as clear as it needs to be while still leaving the player room for exploration and a very useful map.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
48 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
If I could make a suggestion, I would love to ability to unload weapons, which would come in handy when you have two weapons that share ammo types.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
Enough about the gameplay, it is high time to move on to Sonar Shock’s story as it is quite a treat.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
20 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
Both of those, the scarcity and the danger of losing progress, combined with clumsy movement (you don't truly appreciate being able to strafe around corners until you can't do it anymore) and solid visuals/aesthetics, make for quite a spooky experience, and if you're as much of a coward as me, the game might take you upwards of 15-20 hours to beat.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
It has it's own unique artstyle and sound design that keeps things tense.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay55 reviews
Combat48 reviews
Story23 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Optimization
60% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
54% still recommend
Interface
71% still recommend
Difficulty
96% still recommend
Bugs
75% 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

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$7.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $7.99

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