Battlezone 98 Redux

Buy91%

Very Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Big Boat Interactive · Strategy · Apr 18, 2016

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
50
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio7 of 7
Subtitles0 of 7

Should I buy Battlezone 98 Redux?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

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
64% of themes are praise27% are divided9% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The UI, voice lines, sountrack, controls and physics make the game super immersive - and the variety of vehicles, facilities, buildings and weapons grant the player a sheer endless amount of options and therefore replayability.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
While they made a sequel, Battlezone II: Combat Commander, I always preferred the original because the graphics had a smoother, silky-smoother, fluid, and graceful look, the design and art style was better - with a more rustic 1950s military in space-look.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The base game's campaign is very good, has a good story, great and memorable levels that are a lot of fun to play and replay.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The difference, however, is Battlezone is technically superior, and has more RTS elements better married to FPS/TPS whereas Uprising relies on capturing fixed locales limiting what you can build/where, and you're stuck in the FPS/TPS perspectives to do everything in).
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
These improvements give the environments and combat sequences new life while preserving the charm and aesthetic identity of the 1998 release.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game also features multiplayer which was easy then, and now to use, in that it takes you to a lobby and you can start a game or join a game.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay55 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Story43 reviews
Performance33 reviews
Combat31 reviews
Multiplayer25 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
78% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Linux compatibility
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
79% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99