Super Motherload

Super Motherload

Steam Deck Playable

XGen Studios · Mining · Apr 4, 2014

Worth it for the right player.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $4.49.

76%
Mostly Positive
948 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 948 player reviews · updated 6 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
64% of themes are praise9% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
One of the things that I did not realize until way later in the game is how much the characters vary, which became really important for my hardcore run.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I was surprised by how addicted I was to the core gameplay loop and was not expecting to put in over 16 hours into the game and go for all the achievements.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
It is fun to explore what comes by digging deeper, especially in local coop, trying to go for big chains is also an interesting addition, plus the newly added little puzzles.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics have their own style to them and I think it works pretty well.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design is decent, the music is pretty good although it does just stop sometimes (and for very long times at that) and it really feels odd to drill in silence.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
+ Multiplayer: YES
17 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 characters71 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Co-op30 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Multiplayer17 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface7 reviews
43%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes35 reviews
31%
Difficulty10 reviews
80%
Bugs6 reviews
33%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
9
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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