Salammbô: Battle for Carthage

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 106 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Cryo Interactive · Adventure · May 30, 2014

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio2 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Salammbô: Battle for Carthage?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 106 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 58 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise58 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
27 of 58 sampled reviews raised it
This is a game based on great books done by Gustave Flaubert and despite a bit poorly aged background images and very low resolution screen - Salammbo have amazing dialogue, fascinating story, great world and character design, beautiful music and top notch competent puzzles that aged very well for today's standards.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
20 of 58 sampled reviews raised it
One Sentence Summary- A high-end point and click adventure with great graphics for the time it came out.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 58 sampled reviews raised it
Right from the menu it feels alien then continues to do so with such a bizarre mix in almost every corner of the design with its design of the characters, the architecture and the VERY dramatic orchestral music.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story27 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Gameplay
77% still recommend
Interface
57% still recommend
Crashes
83% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $4.99