Bard's Gold

Bard's Gold

Steam Deck · unrated

Pixel Lantern · Action Roguelike · Aug 14, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

At $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

78%
Mostly Positive
137 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story and characters: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 137 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 68 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise29% are divided28% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you play recent, Retro-influenced Platformers inspired in older games but with polished modern gameplay in a pixel art casing, you might want something else for this one you'll likely find too raw.
8 of 68 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music is okay, but I would advise to lower the bgm so that the sound effects are more pronounced, which will save your life.
8 of 68 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
But hey, I assume that if you play Retro games, prolly not the case that you're looking for fine looking graphics, so that didn't have much bearing on my enjoyment.
6 of 68 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
Gameplay8 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat10 reviews
100%
Controls4 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
86%
Story and characters6 reviews
100%

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 $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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