ASTROLANCER

ASTROLANCER

Steam Deck Playable

Studio Hexeye · Singleplayer · Apr 19, 2024

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

At $5.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

98%
Very Positive
148 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 134 sampled reviews

Based on 148 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 134 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The music is a total bop as well and the illustrations and designs of bosses and the characters are all very appealing too.
37 of 134 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The difficulty settings, advanced options and the in game cheats also allow for different run styles that give a game of this length a good amount of replayability.
23 of 134 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game is overall very good for the asking price and the dev has been great with the QoL updates since then, making visuals clearer for example, for people like myself with eye and face problems.
18 of 134 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack complements the gameplay well, featuring energetic tracks that amplify the excitement during battles while helping establish the game's science-fiction setting.
14 of 134 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 love4 themes
Story and characters37 reviews
Gameplay23 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat36 reviews
100%
Difficulty27 reviews
100%
Performance3 reviews
100%
Interface3 reviews
100%
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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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