Dustbowl

Dustbowl

Steam Deck · unrated

The Pompous Pixel · Adventure · May 18, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

At $8.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

77%
Mostly Positive
123 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 123 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 100 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise22% are divided45% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics : 8/10 (i like retro)
19 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Dustbowl is a fantastic game and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it is,The storyline and to some extent the gameplay is as good as Fallout 1 or 2,
12 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Like Fallout, Dustbowl is more about the exploration on a world map than it is its mazes and monsters (although the game has plenty of those) and exploring an empty and eerily quiet world that is as strange as it is hostile, with a great atmospheric soundtrack to boot.
4 of 100 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 love3 themes
Graphics19 reviews
Gameplay12 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters44 reviews
80%
Interface9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat43 reviews
74%
Difficulty8 reviews
75%
Bugs5 reviews
60%
Crashes4 reviews
25%

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 $8.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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