Globesweeper

Buy90%

Very Positive · 384 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Incandescent Games · Casual · Feb 12, 2019

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$2.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
16
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Globesweeper?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 243 sampled reviews

Based on 384 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 243 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
19 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
Globesweeper, developed and published by Incandescent Games, takes the familiar mechanics of Minesweeper and reinvents them in a way that feels both fresh and challenging.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
16 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
The freedom to choose difficulty levels, globe sizes, tile types, and solvability modes gives players an impressive level of control over their experience, and the achievements and unlockable themes provide additional incentives to keep coming back.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
8 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
While the graphics are not flashy, they suit the minimalist style of the game and maintain clarity even when players are working with enormous globes.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
7 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
the graphics and sound effects are okay, the music's very good, and there are separate volume sliders, as well as an option to highlight adjacent cells, but because of online leaderboards, the game lacks certain quality of life features.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay19 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
80% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$2.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.74.

9 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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