Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

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

Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%2021

$49.99

US Steam price, checked 3 h ago

The verdict

A fast, combo-heavy Smash-style platform fighter with Nickelodeon charm, but thin on content, with a dead online scene and weak controller options. Only worth it on deep sale, mostly for local play with friends.

Great for

Nostalgic Nickelodeon fans and platform-fighter players who want couch multiplayer with friends on a deep discount

Main risk

Online is dead and content is thin, so the game runs out of steam quickly, especially at full price

What players love

Great nostalgic Nickelodeon roster

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“All of the characters transitioned to 3D well.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“once I started playing the game the nick theming really really drew me in - REPTAR vs PATRICK was my first match online!”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

Fast, tight, combo-heavy gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Its fast fluent and overall just feels really damn good to play and control”
Steam review · 105.3 h played ↗

“It has ZERO movement restrictions, fast and snappy controls, freeform combo expression, very fun, lively characters, etc.”
Steam review · 61.8 h played ↗

“The movement is so smooth and responsive. The mechanics in this game are easy to learn but hard to master.”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗

Cheap on sale, good value

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“This is absolutely a superb value per price if you have somebody to play with”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“PRICE DURING SALES!!! DON'T BUY AT FULL PRICE”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗

Fun local play with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Overall the game worls very well in couch coop and is a lot of fun with 4 people.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗

“It will definitely deliver its share of fun, especially if you can play with a group of friends.”
Steam review · translated · 7.7 h played ↗

Devs listen and keep improving it

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“They responded within 5 minutes with a breakdown of my list”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗

“the most recent patches add the changes need to make this a good game and shows the devs are listening to feedback”
Steam review · 24.1 h played ↗

Good visuals and stages

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“The level designs are also great with wonderful details.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Overpriced for the content

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“it's so barebones in content, where it costing $50 is highway robbery”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗

“I promise you there is not $50 worth of content in this game, not even close.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“The game costs 930 rubles and not all heroes are unlocked; you have to buy some separately.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

Online is dead, can't find matches

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“no ones online. no crossplay. those hours of playtime are me waiting to find a match online... never found one.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“I couldn't find anyone in Quickplay or the brand new Items mode despite sitting in queue for 20 minutes.”
Steam review · 20.3 h played ↗

“The game has had no online for a YEAR now.”
Steam review · translated · 1 h played ↗

Barebones content and modes

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The game is very stripped down, hardly anything to do in it.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

“There is very little content; after beating arcade and playing with friends, interest fades.”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗

Poor controls and no remapping

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“you cannot bind more than one action. Meaning you cannot have jump be on 2 separate buttons.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“The layout is awful, inconvenient and confusing, and can't even be rebound.”
Steam review · translated · 0.7 h played ↗

No voice acting, weak sound

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“the big issue is the voice acting: There is none.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“There is no voice work for any of the characters. They are all mute. Total deal breaker.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OS64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB

Storage15 GB available space

Recommended

OS64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB

Storage15 GB available space

OS64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB

Storage15 GB available space

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