Jet Set Radio

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

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2012

The verdict

A stylish cel-shaded Dreamcast classic with an amazing soundtrack, held back by stiff, clunky controls and a 30fps port. Skip it if you need modern, responsive movement.

Great for

Fans of retro style, funk music and nostalgic Dreamcast-era arcade games who tolerate stiff controls

Main risk

The clunky, unresponsive controls (especially on keyboard) can make it frustrating to play

What players love

Killer soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The stylized graphics + Skankfunk's soundtrack make this game MASTERPIECE.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“The soundtrack is simply a banger, one of the best in video games.”
Steam review · translated · 78.3 h played ↗

“The music is top 3 game soundtracks of all-time.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Great nostalgic classic with unique vibe

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Proof that style never goes out of fashion. Absolute classic”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗

“there aren't many similar experiences to Jet Set Radio even today”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗

Timeless cel-shaded art style

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It has aged really well because of it's cell-shaded graphics.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗

“The environment for this game is still stunning till this day.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“Even after many years the game looks great graphically.”
Steam review · translated · 19.3 h played ↗

Satisfying grinding, tagging and flow

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“The physics of grinding and tagging are super satisfying and I love the rebellious attitude.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗

“Controls like hot steaming ass for the first few hours Then it clicks and the game becomes a masterpiece”
Steam review · 33.3 h played ↗

Good PC port improvements

Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews

“Otherwise the port is better than the Dreamcast original: right stick support, camera auto-centering can be disabled, etc.”
Steam review · translated · 28.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Clunky, unresponsive controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“Movement and gameplay is clunky as hell.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗

“The game does not function without the upmost pin point accuracy.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗

“But the music and idea are so good, and it's a joy to look at! But enduring the gameplay is simply painful.”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗

Unclear direction, timer and cops frustrate

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“It increasingly gets harder each level to know where you are supposed to go because there are no indicators and a time limit”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗

“The game will frequently play a cutscene in the middle of tricky platforming sequences which breaks concentration, causing you to fall off.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

Poor keyboard and PC controls support

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“this game is basically impossible to play on pc because every command is made for an xbox controller.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“would be good if the controls had a written keyboard equivalent so you knew how to play the game you spent money on”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Crashes and launch problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“I can't get past the 3rd level because the game will just randomly crash”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“This game will not run with Windows 10 from the Steam launcher, due to issues with jrsetup.exe.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

Save system wipes progress

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews

“now anytime you exit the game your save is overwritten, hope you want to play in one long session”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

“Save/Load function does not work. Starts at beginning of game every time you exit game.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

Locked to 30 FPS

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews

“The game is locked to 30 fps because it was made for primitive consoles.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows XP SP2 or newer

ProcessorPentium 4 or Athlon CPU > 1Ghz or newer

Memory1 GB RAM

Graphics256Mb video RAM or more (256Mb video RAM or more)

OSWindows XP SP2 or newer

ProcessorPentium 4 or Athlon CPU > 1Ghz or newer

Memory1 GB RAM

Graphics256Mb video RAM or more (256Mb video RAM or more)

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