Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

Steam Deck Verified

Aether Studios · Fighting · Mar 28, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $14.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
38k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 148 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 38k player reviews · updated 5 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Not to mention most of the characters are just simply unappealing from both a fun to play factor AND ESPECIALLY from a fun to fight aspect.
148 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The overall gameplay does feel good.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
At the heart of the game is a combat system that rewards precision and intent.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I eventually finished all the things I wanted to do from a singeplayer standpoint, so I ran out of that already, if I were to have a multiplayer experience with friends, it would be workshop, and if abyss endless was a thing for online, I would keep queue'ing games for it because co-op experiences would be fun.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
The game performs well on my low end pc, and is very fun to play with a controller, but you can also use a keyboard which does take getting some use to.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack complements this presentation with energetic, melodic tracks that heighten tension and excitement without overwhelming the action, reinforcing the game’s lively, competitive atmosphere.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters148 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Combat23 reviews
Multiplayer14 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $14.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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