Deathsmiles

Deathsmiles

Steam Deck Verified

CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD. · Bullet Hell · Mar 10, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $10.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
626 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 626 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
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Each of the 5 playable characters have their own individual abilities with slightly different mechanices and their own familiars that also adds another layer to the gameplay can can be used in a number of situations.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Each of the 5 playable characters have their own individual abilities with slightly different mechanices and their own familiars that also adds another layer to the gameplay can can be used in a number of situations.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The characters and overall design are pretty cool, every character has her own ending (two of them, actually, since you'll have a choice at the end of the game), soundtrack is fantastic, etc.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This is probably the only time lag is your best friend, so don't blame your graphics card for not maintaining 60FPS.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controller support is perfect for Xbox 360 controllers.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
You can also have co-op, which is always nice to have on a shoot-em-up game.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters49 reviews
Gameplay41 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Co-op9 reviews
Performance6 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty41 reviews
98%
Combat6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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 6 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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $10.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
48
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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