Satisfying combat and deep upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Weapons have real weight, abilities genuinely matter, and every hard-won encounter feels earned rather than cheap.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
AI Olympius
Worth buying? What 119 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 119 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Lion's Shade2026Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · RPG
$17.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A charming, content-rich indie sci-fi third-person shooter with RPG upgrades, base building and split-screen co-op, with Mass Effect vibes. Skip it if you need polish or human-written voice work.
Great for
Mass Effect-style shooter fans, Cliff Empire players, and local co-op or base-building fans who tolerate indie jank
Main risk
Unpolished indie rough edges: bugs, soft locks, clunky movement and weak AI-generated voice and story.
What players love
Beautiful visuals and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Graphics graph like crazy (the whole world is in this neon-lit, white-marbled Roman-punk with elaborate use of negative space).”
Steam review · 100.9 h played ↗
Varied missions and base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The missions are meaty and varied. The environments/levels are wonderfully crafted, with a surprising number of biomes and terrains.”
Steam review · 31.7 h played ↗
Great value for an indie game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Definitely worth the price... and a STEAL at the current release price for sure.”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Responsive, hardworking developer
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The dev is incredibly responsive - any bugs that do turn up (and there aren't many left at version 0.9.56) are addressed very quickly.”
Steam review · 180.5 h played ↗
Split-screen and local co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“If you're a local co-op fan. There hasn't been a game like this in a long time. Island mode FTW!”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unpolished and janky, needs more time
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Shadows are popping in everywhere, physics are janky, movement feels jagged... The whole game screams unpolished”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
AI-generated voices and poor translations
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“AI generated voices are a no go for me. Generative AI is theft.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Repetitive, empty levels and few enemy types
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“All levels are very empty. There is 2 types of bad guys and one boss.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Bugs, soft locks and missing quest markers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There are number of bugs and scripting errors that can soft lock or hard lock your progress.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Poor controller support and UI issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“When you rebind, it keeps the previous bind IN ADDITION to the new button on the controller.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Weak story and storytelling
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The plot is fed to the player via rather info dumpy ways, there is not really a nice flowing story play here.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable5 GB
Minimum
OS64-bit Windows 10 / 11
Processor4 core / 8 threads | Intel Core i7-7700 | Ryzen 5 1400
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics8GB VRAM | GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 580
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OS64-bit Windows 10 / 11
Processor4 core / 8 threads | Intel Core i7-7700 | Ryzen 5 1400
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics8GB VRAM | RTX2070 | RX 6700 XT
Storage5 GB available space
OS64-bit Windows 10 / 11
Processor4 core / 8 threads | Intel Core i7-7700 | Ryzen 5 1400
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics8GB VRAM | GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 580
Storage5 GB available space
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