HackyZack

HackyZack

Steam Deck Verified

Spaceboy Games · Indie · Mar 28, 2017

It depends on what you're after.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

66%
Mixed
258 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Controls: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 258 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 154 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
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Responsiveness and controller support are just fine and work well.
19 of 154 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I'm pretty conflicted in whether I would recommend this or not based on the gameplay.
19 of 154 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
One thing in particular that I did appreciate was the soundtrack of HackyZack.
17 of 154 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game consists of you, the playable character (8 characters in total, 6 of them unlockable, bringing only a visual variety) & the ball which you have to get to the yellow line.
14 of 154 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
Controls19 reviews
Gameplay19 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Story and characters14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics7 reviews
43%
Performance5 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty21 reviews
57%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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