Harbinger

Harbinger

Steam Deck Playable

Dobrx · Action Roguelike · Oct 3, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
944 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 944 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
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The vibe is nice, the characters and dialogues are quirkily likable, the background music during runs fits the gameplay perfectly and kinda reminded me of the old DOOM games.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics in this game are okayish, obviously inspired by the art style of Valheim, which at least makes the game look more appealing (to some, I guess).
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
A short but sweet FPS that looks like Halloween inspired colourful levels and characters !
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The game play is fun and fast paced (I play on Medium difficulty), the enemies are very cool and each one has their own unique abilities.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Harbinger is a title that has surprised and impressed me in equal parts in all aspects: main story, characters, gameplay and soundtrack.
16 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 love6 themes
Story and characters49 reviews
Gameplay48 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Performance26 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat63 reviews
95%
Bugs8 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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
5
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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