The American Dream

The American Dream

Steam Deck Unsupported

Samurai Punk · Dark Comedy · Mar 14, 2018

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

68%
Mixed
130 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 130 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 110 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I played the full campaign, which took me about 3 hours, and enjoyed every minute of it.
26 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The retro “cardboard cut-out” visual style is interesting but graphics themselves are pretty average.
7 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The American Dream does exactly what it sets out to do, and it does it well with excellent graphics, great voice acting, fitting music, and chuckle-worthy humor.
4 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I was looking for an FPS VR game to play in a very small space (I'm in a dorm room), and this game exceeded spectacularly.
3 of 110 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 love4 themes
Story and characters26 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Performance3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay9 reviews
67%
Combat8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
67%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
33
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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