STEEL STRIDER

Buy77%

Mostly Positive · 77 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • Linux

ASTRO PORT · Action · Nov 12, 2015

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Price
$5.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
49
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy STEEL STRIDER?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 77 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 55 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
18 of 55 sampled reviews raised it
Controlling your Mech is fluid and generally the float mechanic works well.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
17 of 55 sampled reviews raised it
Luckily there is a nice spread of weapons ranging from your humble handgun to the shotgun which is essentially a spread beam, the powerful rocket launcher the swarm destroying missiles and the boss killers that are the railgun and the lightning gun.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
11 of 55 sampled reviews raised it
You can even use both - mixed input is flawless and I did my Insane playthrough using a controller with gyro-to-mouse through Steam Input.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
8 of 55 sampled reviews raised it
+the graphics are nice, once again utilizing fine spritework instead of lazy pixel art like it's become a habit of in indie games

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay18 reviews
Combat17 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend
Audio
100% still recommend
Players complain
Story
100% 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
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$5.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.39.

6 points recordedtoday · $5.99

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