Skul: The Hero Slayer

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Steam Deck Unsupported

SOUTHPAW GAMES · Indie · Jan 20, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

93%
Very Positive
57k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 57k 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
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Skul is a challenging Rogue Lite where you play against the good guys, you can switch skulls to switch your abilities, It great pixel graphics some funny dialogue and some very likable characters.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It also encourages boring, slow gameplay.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Skul is a challenging Rogue Lite where you play against the good guys, you can switch skulls to switch your abilities, It great pixel graphics some funny dialogue and some very likable characters.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
This game runs amazing on Steam Deck played over 40 hours of it and love it.
12 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 love4 themes
Story and characters66 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat23 reviews
70%
Controls9 reviews
56%
Audio6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty28 reviews
82%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
101
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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