Beyond Contact

Buy71%

Mostly Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Playcorp Studios · Open World Survival Craft · Apr 4, 2023

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Price
$1.99−90%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Beyond Contact?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 165 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 82 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 54 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
165 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Recommended if you like co-op survival-crafting games with a real story arc and do not mind some grind.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
115 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A good co-op survival game with a strong story hook, held back by grind and awkward combat
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Good art style but the early game starts off kind of slow.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Played it both solo and 2-man co-op and it was fun either way.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack enhances this tone, with ambient synth melodies and tense combat cues that keep players on edge.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Good progression, amazing setting and details, the available playable characters (4 at the moment) are quite different and allow for different playstyles.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay165 reviews
Story115 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Co-op26 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Characters15 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
67% still recommend
Difficulty
67% still recommend
Interface
44% still recommend
Multiplayer
61% still recommend
Bugs
38% still recommend
Controls
77% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$1.99$19.99−90%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

9 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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