Rune Factory 3 Special

Rune Factory 3 Special

Steam Deck Verified

Marvelous Inc. · RPG · Sep 5, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

95%
Very Positive
841 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 841 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
56% of themes are praise44% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The entire town is full of memorable NPCs that have unique dialogue for you each day that rivals the Animal Crossing series in terms of volume, and there's plenty of special interactions based on the weather, two characters being in the same room, conversations that carry across days, etc.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
While perhaps the depth of each of those systems is diminished by focusing on all three, RF3 is definitely a "more than the sum of its parts" situation, with each of the three gameplay loops flowing into each other seamlessly and allowing you to drastically switch up the gameplay so you don't get bored.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-The graphics are also obviously improved.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
-You can change language options (text/voice acting) in case you are curious how original Japanese VO sounds like, a feature since Rune Factory 4 Special.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It's very painfully obvious that they simply took the original art and used an AI upscaling tool to blow it up, and when you look at it super close it doesn't look that great... however if you play the game in windowed mode or on a smaller screen (such as the Steam Deck, which this game is a great fit for), it's honestly not nearly as noticeable.
13 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 love5 themes
Story and characters89 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Steam Deck13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat28 reviews
89%
Difficulty13 reviews
85%
Interface11 reviews
73%
Controls8 reviews
75%
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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are 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 $9.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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