DEATHLOOP

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%2021

$59.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A stylish 60s-themed time-loop immersive sim with Dishonored-style powers and great voice acting, but repetitive, easy, and often unstable on PC. Skip it at full price or if your Nvidia setup crashes.

Great for

Dishonored/Prey fans who like immersive sims, 60s style, sharp dialogue and mystery-solving, and buy on sale

Main risk

Crashes or failure to launch on PC, plus four repetitive maps that go stale

What players love

Fun Dishonored-style powers, gunplay and freedom

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Stealth feels good, the powers are really fun to play with especially the Shift and Nexus powers.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

“Freeform approach to exploration and combat. Fun and unique powers and guns.”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗

Clever time-loop structure and mystery

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Even when a day resets, your knowledge doesn't. Every loop teaches you something new”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗

“Repetitive by design, but satisfying once you start connecting the dots.”
Steam review · 35 h played ↗

Striking 60s retro-futuristic art style

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The 60's retro-futurism is at it's finest.”
Steam review · 57.2 h played ↗

“Very stylish game, an hommage to the mid-century design!”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗

Great voice acting and Colt/Julianna banter

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The character interactions are some of the best I've seen, with Colt and Julianna carrying the game through their chemistry, humor, and constant back-and-forth.”
Steam review · 35.1 h played ↗

“the dialogues are exceptionnally well written and played, the best I've had in any video game.”
Steam review · 63.4 h played ↗

Optional invasion multiplayer is a fun twist

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“the "multiplayer"-concept is quite innovative”
Steam review · 27.8 h played ↗

“Luckily, it can be switched off.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗

Dense, secret-filled level design

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Some people criticized that game has only 4 maps but they are so packed with secrets, details, mysteries and every time of the day the maps change accordingly.”
Steam review · 83 h played ↗

What players complain about

Crashes and failure to launch on PC

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“the game can overload most Nvidia GPU's (Even the 5000 Series) and cause a hard-crash.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“with the latest nvidia drivers it crashes when you try and launch it.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

Repetitive: same four small maps over and over

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“It’s just the same four maps recycled endlessly”
Steam review · 27.2 h played ↗

“You play the same 4 levels over and over because of 'the loop'.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

Poor optimization, VRAM leaks and stutter

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“There is a VRAM leak that will inevitably turn your system into a slideshow no matter how much VRAM you have”
Steam review · 28.4 h played ↗

“Whatever hardware you have, the game will still stutter.”
Steam review · translated · 14.4 h played ↗

Dumb AI and too-easy combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“the AI for single player is so braindead and too easy to fight as they rarely take cover and will stand out in the open”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“Enemy AI is piss poor. Easily funneled into hallways/doorways for easy handling.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗

Handholding, linear solution to the loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“The reality is that there is one solution, only one way to beat the game”
Steam review · 20.9 h played ↗

“You are strictly guided through everything in the critical path. Mindlessly following objective markers.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗

Laggy P2P multiplayer and online issues

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“PvP is unplayable sadly. P2P means rubberbanding like crazy.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗

“it is so ungodly laggy you cant even turn.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OS64 bit Windows 10 version 1909 or higher

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB)

Storage30 GB available space

Recommended

OS64 bit Windows 10 version 1909 or higher

ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia RTX 2060 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8GB)

Storage30 GB available space

OS64 bit Windows 10 version 1909 or higher

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB)

Storage30 GB available space

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