Gloomhaven

Gloomhaven

Steam Deck Playable

Flaming Fowl Studios · Difficult · Oct 20, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.79.

82%
Very Positive
16k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 57 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k 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
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Personally, I really like the idea of playing a character to a quest-based retirement, then rolling a new one.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
3) The class progression and perk is really interesting.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
And of course it's co-op just like the board game.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are excellent.
11 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 love4 themes
Story and characters75 reviews
Gameplay31 reviews
Co-op28 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface9 reviews
56%
Controls6 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Multiplayer57 reviews
37%
Bugs41 reviews
37%
Difficulty40 reviews
38%
Crashes28 reviews
32%
Combat21 reviews
57%
Servers and matchmaking14 reviews
21%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.79 (−72%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.79

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
61
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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