Defunct

Buy80%

Mostly Positive · 737 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Freshly Squeezed · Adventure · Jan 29, 2016

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
28
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
25
Full audio0 of 25
Subtitles0 of 25

Should I buy Defunct?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 737 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
50% of themes are praise42% are divided8% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Decent speedrun-y platformer with good gameplay, just very short and not all that remarkable...
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Even so, there was some surprisingly satisfying story beats, and that’s backed up by an interesting world that tells you a bit about itself just from looking around the environment.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game adopts a vibrant, futuristic aesthetic, with 3D graphics that present a detailed and colorful world.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is equally well-crafted, with ambient electronic music that shifts smoothly between energetic and reflective tones, depending on the pacing of each stage.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The learning curve is gentle at first, but as the game progresses, mastering when and how to engage Gravitize becomes the key to maintaining velocity and chaining together exhilarating runs.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
V-Sync was on and it ran at around 60 FPS, as expected.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay102 reviews
Story47 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Difficulty8 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
75% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% still recommend
Bugs
40% still recommend
Optimization
33% still recommend
Characters
67% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
71% 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
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99