Shards of Order

Shards of Order

Steam Deck Playable

Fardust · RPG · Jul 28, 2026

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

90%
Very Positive
426 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 426 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 198 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise12% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
My only issue is that you can only play as the 3 different characters given to you in the first dungeon.
92 of 198 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The music is heavy and enhances the haunting feeling you get during the gameplay quite well.
43 of 198 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Animation quality is rather basic, graphics are as well, though the hand-drawn style can be charming.
22 of 198 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound design was good, although you would get a lot of repeat sounds from the characters in battle which start to grate on you after the 20th time.
16 of 198 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
One technical thought - I played this on my steam deck, and it ran great there, but there were times the text was awfully small, and also I had to use the touchscreen to be able to see the actions enemies were going to take and the buffs/debuffs applied.
4 of 198 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 love5 themes
Story and characters92 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Steam Deck4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat27 reviews
93%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty17 reviews
65%
Bugs10 reviews
90%

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

1 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Crit has not sampled this game’s concurrent players yet.

Achievements
17
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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