SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist

Steam Deck Verified

Image & Form Games · Strategy · Jun 7, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.24.

94%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 137 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 6k player reviews · updated 3 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
60% of themes are praise40% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
They throw a wide number of characters at you (almost too many) and they each have enough variety to keep you playing if you want.
137 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
My favorite type of strategy gameplay is strongly present here where every movement and position of your squad can make or break a round.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack features plenty of great folksy vocal tracks to punctuate moments of victory or enjoying a visit to the shops and the local space-taverns.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Graphics and robot designs are top notch in a 2d universe.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I personally played it with a controller (specifically a Switch Pro Controller), although it is fully playable with a mouse and keyboard; I just prefer playing this game with a controller.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
The game plays very well on Steam Deck and less than 200 MB install is almost next to nothing.
7 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 love6 themes
Story and characters137 reviews
Gameplay97 reviews
Audio46 reviews
Graphics43 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat92 reviews
88%
Difficulty67 reviews
84%
Interface25 reviews
72%
Monetization10 reviews
70%
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 $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.24.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
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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