Boid

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 751 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Mokus · Free to Play · Jul 8, 2016

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
24
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles0 of 2

Should I buy Boid?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 751 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
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Super easy to pick up gameplay, no base building to worry about - it's all about mutation and classes
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
One of the first things I feel I should mention is the online multiplayer.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The action is extremely tense, which impresses me to no end mostly because of the simplicity of the graphics.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a very tactical game and the AI is incredibly challenging, even on the "easy" difficulty setting.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its super fun to play with friends and just to chill and not play something SUPER stressful like an FPS game!
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's got a really intuitive interface.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay52 reviews
Multiplayer42 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Difficulty20 reviews
Co-op19 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
67% still recommend
Characters
80% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
75% still recommend
Monetization
33% still recommend
Players complain
Story
63% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • In-App Purchases
  • Includes level editor
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows

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