GRUEL

GRUEL

Steam Deck · unrated

Mick Sengers · Boomer Shooter · Mar 5, 2025

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

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

97%
Very Positive
103 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 74 sampled reviews

Based on 103 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 74 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Its the bright, legible, and familiar spend-and-grind gameplay of a Binding of Isaac through an endless series of simple arenas.
15 of 74 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I love the art style.
11 of 74 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Confident that this is exactly what some of us are looking for: a quick, in-and-out FPS roguelike with decent weapon variety and a surprisingly well-conceived gallery of baddies to use them on.
6 of 74 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Besides the silly characters and sillier guns, it honestly doesn't bring too much new to the table, but don't let that dissuade you!
3 of 74 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
An enjoyable little shooter with charming visuals, fun gun concepts (wish there were even more of them) and quite a steep difficulty curve.
3 of 74 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
Gameplay15 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Performance6 reviews
Story and characters3 reviews
Difficulty3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat7 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.

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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