Emotional story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“This is one of the most touching stories I have experienced. Not just in a game, in general.”
Steam review · 36.8 h played ↗
God of War Ragnarök
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Santa Monica Studio, Jetpack Interactive2024Action · Adventure · RPG
The verdict
A polished, cinematic sequel with a great emotional story, strong combat and gorgeous visuals. It is slow, talky and puzzle-heavy, and the PC port crashes. Skip it if you want fast old-school God of War.
Great for
Story-driven action fans who loved God of War 2018 and enjoy emotional father-son drama
Main risk
PC crashes or launch errors, plus slow pacing and puzzle padding that can bore you
What players love
Satisfying, deep combat and weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The combat is pure bliss—the Axe and Blades pack immense weight, and tearing monsters apart never gets old.”
Steam review · 118.6 h played ↗
Stunning visuals and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game is an absolute feast for the eyes. Each of the Nine Realms feels unique, vibrant, and packed with detail.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Lots of content and worthwhile side quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Not only did GOW Ragnarok have an INSANE amount of content”
Steam review · 172.2 h played ↗
Free Valhalla DLC adds replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The Free Valhalla DLC is insane aswell impressed it was free with that much story and greek elements to it”
Steam review · 128.2 h played ↗
Excellent PC optimization for many
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“No stutter at all, very high framerate with incredible graphics, all the feature on pc (dlss,HDR,ultrawide,language in VO,relfex).”
Steam review · 53.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and launch errors on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“there's a VRAM memory leak thatt has been in the game for years at this point and is never going to be fixed. It causes the game to crash every 1-2 hours”
Steam review · 55.3 h played ↗
Weaker story and a softer Kratos than 2018
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“God of War Ragnarok loses all subtlety and grace in favour of an incredibly digestible narrative that spoon feeds you emotion.”
Steam review · 97.5 h played ↗
Slow pacing and long unskippable cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The first 13 hours of this game is sadly an irritating walking simulator stuffed with utterly boring cinematic sequences.”
Steam review · 26.8 h played ↗
Boring, slow Atreus sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Whoever thought the Atreus sections in this game are fine should be fired.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Frustrating, inconsistent combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The enemies don't give a single ♥♥♥♥ about your attacks, they just keep fisting you.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Too many easy, hand-holding puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“You can't even take a second to figure out a puzzle without them chirping away at you”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support190 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 20H1
ProcessorIntel i5-4670k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD RX 5500 XT (8GB) or Intel Arc A750
Storage190 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 20H1
ProcessorIntel i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2060 Super or AMD RX 5700 or Intel Arc A770
Storage190 GB available space
OSWindows 10 20H1
ProcessorIntel i5-4670k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD RX 5500 XT (8GB) or Intel Arc A750
Storage190 GB available space
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