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The Bluecoats: North & South

Wait60%

Mixed · 249 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS

Appeal Studios · RTS · Nov 5, 2020

Player review score
60%
Mixed
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
11
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy The Bluecoats: North & South?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 249 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 111 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise46% are divided27% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
14 of 111 sampled reviews raised it
The battles look better with slightly improved mechanics from the NES port I grew up with.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 111 sampled reviews raised it
Beautiful graphics, the game runs well, and the developers really did an excellent job to keep this version close to the original and add a few improvements.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
9 of 111 sampled reviews raised it
From that perspective, I am definitely looking forward to the split screen PvP.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay14 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Co-op9 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Combat
50% still recommend
Bugs
17% still recommend
Story
100% still recommend
Interface
25% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
50% still recommend
Controls
75% still recommend
Multiplayer
83% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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