BARRIER X

Buy85%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Noclip · Indie · May 27, 2016

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Price
$2.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
7
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy BARRIER X?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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
33% of themes are praise22% are divided45% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
All that said, the game looks nice, has nice colours, runs fast and manages to remain relatively clear and smooth (at least after a fresh restart for me.) The gameplay is enjoyable, until you start dying over and over to what feels like the game being unfair, rather than a skill issue.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised 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.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's important to have sound effects that are nice for being heard over and over and over again.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay50 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Audio34 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
67% still recommend
Steam Deck
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
56% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend
Crashes
36% still recommend
Interface
83% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$2.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.89.

7 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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