Crit Verdict
Yes, worth playing.
You can't buy it on Steam right now.
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
16k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 16k 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
67% of themes are praise22% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
A total of 5 costumes can be unlocked in the base game (excluding the costume you start with that doesn't offer any obvious advantages or disadvantages), with the DLC adding 1; 4 of these can be unlocked by doing optionnal challenges and a powerful one can be unlocked by progressing into the story.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
🔷 THE GAMEPLAY: 🔷
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Excellent graphics in the same vein as the Shank series.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Good sound design.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
- Full controller support.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
SteamDeck: THE best way to play Mark Of The Ninja on the Steam Deck runs super smooth at 30fps and 60fps, pulls a measly 5-7 wattage on the battery, super good run time on that, looks virtually the same as the remaster really, and doesn't feature the remasters problems for the steam deck such as frequent unpredictable crashing, visuals flickers, backgrounds failing to load leaving the game in a dark void for a time making obstacles, platforms and enemies impossible to see.
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 love6 themes
Story and characters88 reviews
Gameplay80 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty30 reviews
90%
Bugs7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat31 reviews
94%
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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yetWe’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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