Thumper

Thumper

Steam Deck Verified

Drool · Rhythm · Oct 10, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $6.99.

92%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k 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
63% of themes are praise12% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
As you get better at the game the visuals get crazier which ramps up the intensity nicely.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
TL;DR Thumper is an incredibly elegantly designed rhythm game with a well balanced difficulty curve and exhilarating high speed gameplay.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
While I definitely won’t be buying the soundtrack any time soon I think that it perfectly complements the gameplay and visual aesthetic.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You won't meet any boring characters, you won't sit through hours of cutscenes, you don't have to pretend to care about a cliché story.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Definitely would recommend a controller for this though, the keyboard controls never really worked for me.
23 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 love5 themes
Graphics68 reviews
Gameplay62 reviews
Audio54 reviews
Story and characters25 reviews
Controls23 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty60 reviews
87%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
90%
Performance6 reviews
83%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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