Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Steam Deck Verified

CD PROJEKT RED · RPG · Nov 9, 2018

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.99.

90%
Very Positive
17k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 212 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 17k 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
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It tells the captivating and twisting story of a brutal desperate war, built around a tremendously cool and fresh protagonist - how many times have I slipped into the role of a badass warrior queen?
212 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay 7.5/10 Casual Gwent RPG meets VN
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Advanced Witcher 3 type of soundtrack.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The map traversing is fun, the art style is beautiful and suits the game very well.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
If you plan on playing the standalone multiplayer Gwent game, though, consider buying this game on GoG, since the exclusive cards you can unlock for multiplayer Gwent from this game only carry over on that platform.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
In regards to any technical issues, I played the entire game on Steamdeck.
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters212 reviews
Gameplay97 reviews
Audio82 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Multiplayer22 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty64 reviews
83%
Combat36 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
39
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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