The Dwarves

The Dwarves

Steam Deck Verified

KING Art · Dwarves · Dec 1, 2016

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

74%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 238 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 154 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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
30% of themes are praise30% are divided40% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Good storytelling, choice variety and characters, featuring many "grey area" decisions and believable personalities.
238 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Very good soundtrack and voice acting, with fully-voiced dialogues and inspiring music.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Beautiful graphics and art direction, delivering highly detailed original locations, models, animations and textures consistently from start to end.
46 of 300 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
Story and characters238 reviews
Audio71 reviews
Graphics46 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay94 reviews
57%
Interface19 reviews
53%
Controls8 reviews
38%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat154 reviews
64%
Difficulty40 reviews
73%
Bugs37 reviews
65%
Crashes14 reviews
64%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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