GRAIN ROT

GRAIN ROT

Steam Deck · unrated

Beck & Branch Games · Online Co-Op · Aug 7, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

On sale at $8.99, but it has been as low as $8.99.

89%
Very Positive
860 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 860 player reviews · updated 16 hours 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 praise36% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
You will surely enjoy this title. the core gameplay loop is similar to REPO in that it requires you identify certain items in the depths that offer currency to either escape that round, or afford more crafting blueprints.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It's similar to games like Lethal Company and R.E.P.O but I feel there's plenty to explore, a good amount of mystery and with fairly deep progression in the quests you go on for the interesting and fun little characters.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Good design, unoptimized graphics - classic 45 fps (well not 30 at least)
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Super solid co-op horror.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
- Increase in difficulty with successful extracts
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Great voice acting from the characters
9 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
Gameplay70 reviews
Story and characters37 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Co-op20 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat33 reviews
82%
Multiplayer29 reviews
76%
Servers and matchmaking17 reviews
71%
Performance7 reviews
86%
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should I buy it now?

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

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $8.99 (−10%). The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

1 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Crit has not sampled this game’s concurrent players yet.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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