Death's Gambit: Afterlife

Death's Gambit: Afterlife

Steam Deck Verified

White Rabbit · Souls-like · Aug 14, 2018

Yes, worth buying.

On sale at $10.99, but it has been as low as $9.99.

81%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 154 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 121 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

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
55% of themes are praise18% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Excellent dialogue and voice acting (for the most part.)
154 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
-- upgrades you get -- like the ones you spend talent points on -- add so little to the gameplay.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Soundtrack is also ok I guess (and I think it's even recorded with a real orchestra, damn) but lacks even single memorable melody and the soundtrack often doesn't match the atmosphere of the location it plays in lol.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The only aspect of the game I'd consider good or even great are pixelart textures, these are really excepcional.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
You can put your own icons on the map but there's no way to customize them and also good luck doing it on a controller where the coursor moves so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast and there's no way to change it;
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It was fun for what it was and worked well on the steam deck, and at a discount im going to recommend it, I would probably give it a solid 7.5/10, since there was a lot of aspects I liked.
8 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 characters154 reviews
Gameplay80 reviews
Audio65 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty49 reviews
78%
Interface24 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat121 reviews
71%
Bugs18 reviews
78%
Performance6 reviews
50%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $10.99 (−45%). The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $10.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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