Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 127 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Controls: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k 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
55% of themes are praise9% are divided36% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
127 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Core Combat Mechanic: The main system—tagging enemies and damaging them with an electric field—is creative and unique.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
101 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This premise provides more than just narrative flavor, as Gunvolt’s powers are deeply integrated into the gameplay loop.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game has some great visuals and its soundtracks are great, memorable and each track fits its respective stage, chaining attacks/gaining kudos of a value of +1000 changes the soundtrack to a vocal song which is a neat feature.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The steam release features some extra exclusive modes (until the new ports in the new gen consoles arrived) namely the difficulty modifier and the speedrun modes, which is a nice touch.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
runs extremely well, and they even updated the steam port with 60 fps a while back!
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Great level design, fun combat mechanics, awesome character design, and a sweet soundtrack!
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay127 reviews
Story101 reviews
Audio53 reviews
Difficulty52 reviews
Performance17 reviews
Characters10 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization67% still recommend
Players complain
Combat59% still recommend
Controls63% still recommend
Interface76% still recommend
Crashes13% 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
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- 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
$14.99
The lowest we've tracked is $5.24.
8 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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