Grandpa High on Retro

Grandpa High on Retro

Steam Deck Verified

Ashnell Games · Action · Feb 7, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $7.99. It has been as low as $4.79.

89%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 47 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 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
60% of themes are praise10% are divided30% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There's not enough dialogue while playing the game, most of it just running around trying to find where to go.
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The retro aesthetic is a treat for your eyeballs, and the gameplay is serviceable, though admittedly it's the weakest part of the experience.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
In terms of visuals and sound, its retro PS1 inspired aesthetic does have its charm, and makes a few of its visual gags land.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
As ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as that summary of the base game sounds, the game itself is surprisingly tame, and lacking in both content and jokes and mechanics and varied gameplay and about anything original beyond "funny" "voice acting".
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
- Controls are not remappable, but it does have a key map which is really nice (controller as well!)
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
This Game has to be one of my favorites in my library, sure it maxed out my GPU due to not being able to set a max frame rate.
6 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 characters102 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Performance6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty10 reviews
70%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat47 reviews
66%
Interface29 reviews
52%
Bugs15 reviews
40%

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. 2 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.

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Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.79.

4 points recordedtoday · $7.99

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Player review score
89%
Very Positive
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