Ctesiphon

Ctesiphon

Steam Deck Verified

Stomy · Boomer Shooter · Nov 27, 2025

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

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.99.

90%
Very Positive
82 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 82 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 73 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And thirdly, both the final boss fight as well as the ending are pretty anti-climactic -- it's just one of those circle-around-a-bis-ass-boss-and-keep-firing-until-it-falls-over fights with no real challenge and the ending is just two lines of pointless dialog -- an ending with a little more bang would have been nice.
14 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The weapons pack a nice punch, combat is fast and fluent, the levels are interesting and the soundtrack is really amazing.
11 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Although the narrative remains straightforward, it provides enough motivation to carry players through an action-focused campaign that prioritizes gameplay over lengthy storytelling.
11 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Rather than pursuing photorealistic graphics, the game focuses on creating readable combat arenas with vibrant lighting and satisfying visual effects.
9 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Players looking for a cinematic, story-heavy experience may find its narrative relatively simple, but fans of classic fast-paced FPS games will likely appreciate its confident design philosophy and consistently entertaining gameplay.
9 of 73 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 characters14 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Gameplay11 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat21 reviews
86%
Linux compatibility3 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty10 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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