Helium

Helium

Steam Deck · unrated

rocketship · Action · Mar 10, 2017

It depends on what you're after.

At $0.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

51%
Mixed
112 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 112 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 53 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
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It delivers solid feedback and the sound quality is fine.
7 of 53 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
For better or for worse (I think it matches the game aesthetically but mechanically could be annoying..) the HUD is very minimal, which matches the game's overall design better, but if you say forget to pick up a key or item next to a body you passed in order to unlock a door in the next area, good luck discovering where it was that you had passed it, the game does very little to tell the player where to go beyond hoping (you have no map or pinging UI indicators) they happen to select the right path, not that I want blinking bells and whistles directing me to and from each objective, and I admire its minimal approach, but I could see this being a hassle if you were to miss a key item and then be forced to backtrack through previously explored areas very often.
4 of 53 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
To its credit, it has reliable, full controller support (I use Xbox One controller) with logically-placed buttons (reloading, jumping, and ADS buttons are mapped to X, A, and LT respectively..)
3 of 53 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
Audio7 reviews
Interface4 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters18 reviews
44%
Performance14 reviews
57%
Crashes3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Gameplay13 reviews
38%
Graphics13 reviews
38%
Combat10 reviews
40%
Bugs5 reviews
40%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $0.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $0.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
51%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
9
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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