No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

Steam Deck Verified

Metronomik · Action · Oct 21, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

89%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 182 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 100 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 68 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 7 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
37% of themes are praise27% are divided36% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It's the best version available as of writing.
182 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
This Version has even more remixes to play compared to the previous version of NSR, which only had the base soundtrack, as well as the PS and Epic Games Version which had a Christmas Remix and reskin of the game as well.
100 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
On to what peaked my interest in the game in the first place, the game's unique art style.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Its pretty fun, though the multiplayer is scuffed a little, I think its mostly the camera, if It was split screen It would be better.
7 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 characters182 reviews
Audio100 reviews
Graphics49 reviews
Multiplayer7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay128 reviews
81%
Co-op15 reviews
73%
Interface7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat68 reviews
82%
Bugs30 reviews
77%
Difficulty22 reviews
82%
Crashes6 reviews
50%

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.

Full price

Currently $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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