Pyre

Pyre

Steam Deck Playable

Supergiant Games · Indie · Jul 25, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

90%
Very Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 229 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 158 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated 6 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
67% of themes are praise22% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Some Supergiant specialties are still on display including lush art, a unique setting, a top tier soundtrack and quality writing, lots of that one.
229 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Playtime, replayability and other modes
158 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Wonderful artstyle in form of hand drawn dialogue portraits and animations with amazing soundtrack that sets you in an adventure mood.
81 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ Art style is absolutely gorgeous and developes an awesome atmosphere that pulls you into the game, in my opinion one of the best arts in video games by far.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
There are three keyboard control presets in addition to custom remaps and controller support.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
- But if you must win, hitting esc to open the menu gives you an option to redo a match at any time.
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 love6 themes
Story and characters229 reviews
Gameplay158 reviews
Audio81 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Controls15 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty48 reviews
92%
Multiplayer20 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat20 reviews
95%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
51
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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