Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human

Steam Deck Verified

Quantic Dream · Choices Matter · Jun 18, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
258k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 224 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 258k player reviews · updated 5 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
64% of themes are praise18% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters are amazing with Connor being a badass detective, Kara being an android mom and Markus being being a badass deviant.
224 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are beautiful even if you have cheap pc specs like me (Nvidia GeForce GTX 970) and it can sometimes crash which is annoying but in the steam guides there is a tutorial how to stop the game from randomly crashing.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
There is a ton of replayability and even in the 10th playthrough it can still surprise you which is a little crazy.
81 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The facial animations, soundtrack, voice acting, and motion capture are all top-tier and do an amazing job of pulling you into the world.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Every scene is shot like cinema, with camera angles and lighting that make you forget you're holding a controller.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
✘ Minor optimization and control issues
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters224 reviews
Graphics94 reviews
Gameplay81 reviews
Audio56 reviews
Controls15 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
100%
Combat7 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes17 reviews
94%
Performance12 reviews
100%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
48
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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