Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 170 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 103 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 64 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 49 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k 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
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
170 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The exploration is fun, although it's hindered a little by the backtracking.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
103 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's more of a story present than in a lot of other genre contenders, and its presented well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
51 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Especially the final boss fight felt anticlimactic (in challenge, certainly not in presentation - all the visuals for each fight were brilliant!).
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I first played Astalon during the February Steam Game Festival and was impressed with the retro art style and the different playable characters.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is great but not the best just ok (I give it a 6.5/10).
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a great steam deck game you can play on the couch or on the road trip.
+1 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay170 reviews
Story103 reviews
Graphics51 reviews
Characters30 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty89% still recommend
Combat80% still recommend
Bugs100% still recommend
Interface100% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$19.99
The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.
10 points recordedtoday · $19.99
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