House of the Dying Sun

House of the Dying Sun

Steam Deck Verified

Marauder Interactive, LLC · Action · Nov 1, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

90%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 2 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
56% of themes are praise44% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Knowing now just how good it is, I would pay double the original price for another campaign.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ Has good replayability - I've played through some of the early missions 3 or 4 times already just because they're fun
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This game also features VR which works well with the simple graphics.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design in this game is my favorite part, hands down.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I recommend playing this game with a gamepad as it seems this game was built around that input.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters88 reviews
Gameplay66 reviews
Graphics49 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Controls39 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat103 reviews
92%
Difficulty61 reviews
90%
Interface13 reviews
77%
Performance6 reviews
83%
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. 3 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−70%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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