Headlander

Buy90%

Very Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS

Double Fine Productions · Sci-fi · Jul 26, 2016

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
31
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio1 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy Headlander?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 150 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
150 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game has fun mechanics and puzzle solving elements, and to beat its not too long either, it knows not to overstay its welcome, which stops it from getting boring or frustrating.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Cutscenes were always fun thanks to some great voice acting work, and the story is able to execute the standard dystopian sci-fi tropes rather well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Currently rocking a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RX 9070 XT, running the game at the maximum graphics preset in 4k, super sampled up to 8k, the game is beautiful and still gets over 60 FPS, about 67 on average.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music much reminds me of the Tron 2 soundtrack and adds a great atmosphere.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay150 reviews
Story94 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
100% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Characters
75% still recommend
Crashes
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
77% still recommend
Difficulty
89% still recommend
Controls
73% still recommend
Bugs
60% 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

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$19.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99