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Steam Deck Playable

System 3 · Strategy · May 26, 2017

Worth it for the right player.

At $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

77%
Mostly Positive
767 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 767 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
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are clean, unit animations can feel a little stiff but nothing that compromises the experience.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- A few balances to the original game (actual gameplay improvements!)
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Many of the text is left unchanged but received an over the top voice acting that adds to the humour (there's a menu option to disable it if you prefer).
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music, sound effects, characters, they all feel very nostalgic without being dated.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
The hotkey interface lets you do things quickly and the game even plays really well with a controller which is fantastic for Steam Deck users (I "gamepad with mouse" config that emulates a regular gamepad but has the right trackpad as a mouse, and I mapped the pad click as a mouse click.
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 love5 themes
Graphics54 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Interface19 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer43 reviews
58%
Story and characters23 reviews
65%
Performance8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes28 reviews
54%
Bugs24 reviews
63%
Difficulty17 reviews
82%

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 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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