Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $10.49.
- Graphics: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 679 player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
It's amazing how much the remastered game upgraded its visuals from the original game, it's good in both performance and quality.
the gameplay is largely identical to the original platypus (which itself is already a blast), not just in terms of mechanics and the the "overall vibe", but also a bunch of quality-of-life improvements over the 2002 game, such as (but not necessarily limited to):
right off the bat, i was greeted by a charming sense of familiarity - beautiful artwork in the iconic claymation style, an updated version of a banger soundtrack, and even the layouts of the levels themselves have been faithfully recreated
there may be a slight nostalgia-induced bias in this review, considering i've been playing this game on-and-off for 15 years (i have very fond memories of playing couch co-op with my grandma, as well as the gamehouse games collection in general), but i'll try to be as objective as possible in my review :)
- two free DLC (at the time of writing this review, winter and halloween themed), very short but still enjoyable
- A version of the original game with a new coat of paint, better controller support, compatibility, etc.
+3 more the community rallied around
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $10.49.
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