Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

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Deathbulge · Party-Based RPG · Aug 8, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $14.59.

99%
Overwhelmingly Positive
719 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 190 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 111 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 719 player reviews · updated 4 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.
A kickass heartfelt RPG with surprisingly clean comedy and an extremely metal ending sequence!
190 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Typically, RPGs will either be most engaging in combat's turn-to-turn decisions or they'll put all the engagement in your party-building out of combat with combat itself being the execution of what you've built.
111 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
But they did a great job making the OST and music and SFX so fun and cool.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's a roughly ~30-37 hours RPG battler (maybe short by RPG standards), but as Jeff the NPC in-game tries to point out, "a game requires an appropriate level of complexity to complement it's length, otherwise the gameplay would outstay its' welcome".
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is cartoonish in its look and really fits the light-hearted atmosphere and silly jokes that the game is going for.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
-Runs like a dream on the Steam Deck!
8 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 characters190 reviews
Combat111 reviews
Audio74 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Graphics40 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty24 reviews
100%
Interface6 reviews
100%
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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.59.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
99%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.