Hammerfight

Hammerfight

Steam Deck · unrated

Konstantin Koshutin · Action · Oct 28, 2009

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

73%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 89 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 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
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
However, the portraits for the characters that talk are just incredibly ugly, and honestly some simple pixel art might've looked nicer.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Useless dialogue bubbles keep appearing during gameplay, obstructing many precious pixels.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The pre-rendered visuals are packed with detail: gears react to speed, engines strain under load, machines break apart convincingly.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The arena mode is fun it others but this one is the one it stand out, and one big feature missing is just multiplayer maybe is do to the age of the game, that could have been something interesting.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
This game also has absolutely stunning visual and audio design.
8 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 love5 themes
Story and characters89 reviews
Gameplay55 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Multiplayer11 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat89 reviews
88%
Bugs22 reviews
64%
Difficulty19 reviews
84%
Interface16 reviews
69%
Crashes8 reviews
50%

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

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
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