Skull Horde

Skull Horde

Steam Deck Playable

8BitSkull · Dungeon Crawler · Apr 10, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

On sale at $12.58, but it has been as low as $9.74.

82%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 2 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
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
What I love about Skull Horde is the gameplay and the chance to really feel overpowered, as well as the amount of difficulty settings, so you can change the experience to what type of game you prefer.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Finding the best builds for the different architypes has been fun, all the different characters that are available are super unique and change the way you play drastically.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is another strong point.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It’s made even better with this game’s great pixel art style.
18 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
Gameplay78 reviews
Story and characters57 reviews
Audio37 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty45 reviews
84%
Steam Deck10 reviews
100%
Controls6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat8 reviews
75%
Performance7 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. 3 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.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $12.58 (−22%). The lowest we've tracked is $9.74.

5 points recordedtoday · $12.58

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
68
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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