ELDERBORN

Buy86%

Very Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Hyperstrange · First-Person · Jan 30, 2020

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
27
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio1 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy ELDERBORN?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 190 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 114 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 53 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
190 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The fast-paced combat system is enjoyable and requires a decent amount of skill on higher difficulty settings.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
114 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is very enjoyable, from kicking beasts into spikes all the way to swinging a mace in a skeletons face.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Four difficulty levels, from Normal to "Hard AF", delivering brutal challenge on the highest setting.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The things that stand out most from the game is the soundtrack and the weapon variety in the game.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Generally the performance is good considering the great graphics, but in more open environments with lots of elements it degrades majorly, even going below 40 FPS on high end hardware.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Dashing out of the way, parrying attacks and performing brutal counterattacks, breaking defenses with smashing blows, goading certain enemies into hurting (or fighting) each other, etc...it all works surprisingly well for an FPS.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat190 reviews
Gameplay114 reviews
Difficulty66 reviews
Audio61 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Steam Deck5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Interface
80% still recommend
Players complain
Story
79% still recommend
Optimization
100% still recommend
Bugs
80% 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

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

11 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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