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BARRIER X

Steam Deck · unrated

Noclip · Indie · May 27, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $2.99. It has been as low as $0.89.

85%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 14 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
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Enemies feel like a nuisance when flying around since your best chance of survival usually involves focusing on the bottom of the screen, which is a shame because, despite the simplistic graphics, the game really does look amazing when everything is going well at super-high speeds.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
soundtrack is nice
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Seeing somebody holding onto a controller, looking as if they're having a blast, gets me into gamer mode, ready to get blown away by an experience I can hardly handle.
7 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 love3 themes
Graphics43 reviews
Audio34 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay36 reviews
64%
Story and characters11 reviews
64%
Interface9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty28 reviews
57%
Crashes26 reviews
46%
Performance14 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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $2.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.89.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
7
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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