Outstanding Jim Guthrie soundtrack
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 positive reviews
“Sword & Sworcery has the best soundtrack.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Capybara, Superbrothers, Jim Guthrie2012Point & Click · Adventure · Puzzle
$7.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, gorgeous audiovisual experience with a superb soundtrack, but slow and walking-heavy, with touch-style controls. Skip it if you want real gameplay depth.
Great for
Players who want a short, moody art-and-music experience and don't mind slow pacing
Main risk
Slow backtracking and clunky touch-style controls make the thin gameplay feel tedious
What players love
Gorgeous pixel art and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“I think this game has the most gorgeous, moody, fascinating pixel art ever made for a video game, backed by a wonderful score.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
Relaxing, unique art-game experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I'ts not a game. I'ts an art work. I'ts an experience.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Witty, charming writing and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The cool witty writing, phenomenal art and great soundtrack come together brilliantly.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Short and doesn't overstay its welcome
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“It's also short, so it doesn't overstay its welcome.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slow movement and constant backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“40%-50% of the gameplay is slowly backtracking through the same areas over and over again, it's really very tedious and the game's biggest fault.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Clunky mobile-port controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Controls are a huge headache in this game because everything was built for touch and not translated well into point-and-click.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Pretentious, tongue-in-cheek writing and tweets
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“EVERYTHING is lampshaded, the fourth wall is broken constantly”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Cryptic, trial-and-error puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“by “puzzle” I mean "click arbitrary things on the screen in an arbitrary order."”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Real-time moon phase gating
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“forcing me to wait 18 days to progress. So I uninstalled.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Resolution bug blocks launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“cannot play due to a default resolution issue. none of the clicks leave the innermost part of the screen and cannot even reach the "play" button to begin the game”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified500 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 2800+ @ 1.8 Ghz and Intel Pentium IV @ 2.8 Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics Card with 128 MB of RAM
Storage500 MB HD space
Recommended
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 10
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics Card with 256 MB of RAM
Storage1 GB HD space
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 2800+ @ 1.8 Ghz and Intel Pentium IV @ 2.8 Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics Card with 128 MB of RAM
Storage500 MB HD space
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