Worth it for the right player.
At $49.99. It has been as low as $4.99.
- Story and characters: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 9k 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.
Surprisingly good story.
Playthrough is not repetitive, levels have good variety and there is replayability for its campaign.
Soundtrack: Love good songs?
In one of the earliest examples of Unity Engine excellence, Deserts of Kharak's dev team have shown what can be achieved with the "Indie game graphics solution" once it reaches capable hands.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $49.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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