Jupiter Hell Classic

Jupiter Hell Classic

Steam Deck Verified

ChaosForge · Traditional Roguelike · Aug 13, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

96%
Very Positive
235 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 235 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 203 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
To me they condense the key elements of games to the most fundamental components and allow a depth of gameplay (without grind) that other types of games can only dream of.
19 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Now I need to get SB16 versions of the D soundtrack put in place of what is too nice for my nostalgia, but that's Workshop.
8 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
P.S. it's truly Steam Deck optimized with a great control scheme and everything.
7 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Works great with a controller.
6 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I am having a blast playing this game, it is literally a turn-based FPS (amazing how something like this can be achieved).
5 of 203 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 love5 themes
Gameplay19 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty8 reviews
75%
Graphics5 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat12 reviews
100%

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 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
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.