Welcome to Basingstoke

Buy70%

Mixed · 422 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Puppygames · Action · Apr 27, 2018

Player review score
70%
Mixed
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Welcome to Basingstoke?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 422 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 294 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise8% are divided59% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
107 of 294 sampled reviews raised it
In fact, it is fairly competent in terms of gameplay and presentation, even having a few pretty unique ideas.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
38 of 294 sampled reviews raised it
Despite how blocky and chunky the models are, there's so much character and atmosphere here bolstered by some great lighting and sound design -- I love it.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
26 of 294 sampled reviews raised it
And part of this is that, most of the time, it feels fair, with the difficulty escalating sensibly.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
11 of 294 sampled reviews raised it
Sound design was pretty good as well in terms of effects and music The overall performance was also really good.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay107 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
85% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
53% still recommend
Interface
55% still recommend
Controls
42% still recommend
Story
78% still recommend
Bugs
38% still recommend
Crashes
40% still recommend
Performance
25% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99