Fast, fluid movement and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The one-hit, one-kill loop feels super fair once you get into the flow, and pulling off clean runs is ridiculously rewarding.”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Ghostrunner
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks™, All in! Games2020Hack and Slash · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A fast, punishing one-hit-kill cyberpunk ninja parkour-slasher with great movement and music, but trial-and-error, jank and no mid-level saves. Skip it if you hate dying repeatedly.
Great for
Players who love hard, fast, retry-until-perfect action platformers like Hotline Miami or Celeste
Main risk
Punishing one-hit deaths, janky platforming and lost progress when quitting mid-level
What changed in the last 30 days
72 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite lost progress without mid-level saves, extreme difficulty, motion sickness and frustrating platforming. No single patch or bug is clearly identified, so confidence is low.
72 recent reviews
What players love
Gorgeous cyberpunk visuals and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Graphics are amazing n you want to take screenshots every 5 minutes.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Great synthwave soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is front-to-back bangers that really get me in the mood to be an untouchable cyborg ninja”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Satisfying challenge and instant respawns
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It is a great feeling to find a scene nearly impossible to pass on the first tries, and progressively find it easier and easier to achieve.”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Customizable builds and extra modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I love the fact that you can switch around between different upgrades during missions”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗
Good performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“This game can and will run on a potato laptop”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Janky, inconsistent movement and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Wallrunning in 1 is busted - You will randomly lose momentum or detach from walls.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Frustrating one-hit trial and error
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“sometimes you'll do the same 20 seconds of gameplay ten times back to back until you get it right.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Enemies feel cheap and aimbot-like
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“enemies track you through the wall and shoot you as soon as you come out of the cover”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Boring or unfair boss fights and final level
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I just defeated T.O.M. Let me say it's probably the worst boss fight I've ever played in 30 years of playing videogames.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Annoying cyberspace puzzle sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This is terrible level design, considering the game is all about going fast, and then all of that is taken away”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
No saving mid-level
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“no saving at checkpoints- game restarts at the start of each level if you switch off the game mid level.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable22 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K (4 * 3300) AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 * 3400) or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB)
Storage22 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K (4 * 4000) or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 * 3500) or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 970 (4096 MB) or Radeon RX 5700 (8192 MB)
Storage22 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K (4 * 3300) AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 * 3400) or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB)
Storage22 GB available space
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