Roundabout

Roundabout

Steam Deck Verified

No Goblin · FMV · Sep 18, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

94%
Very Positive
619 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 127 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 98 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 619 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.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise40% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
But you’ll probably just enjoy the story and if you take your time, occasionally going out of your way to collect and buy stuff, then this game could easily take you 4 hours or more.
127 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: Roundabout is one of those games that sounds like it would work best as a simple Flash game.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound: Much like the physical acting, the voice acting is pretty "terrible."
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
"Roundabout is better with a controller!
13 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 love4 themes
Story and characters127 reviews
Gameplay98 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics20 reviews
95%
Difficulty16 reviews
88%
Interface9 reviews
100%
Performance8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes16 reviews
81%
Bugs10 reviews
70%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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