Phenomenal soundtrack and vocals
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“My favorite soundtrack in any game, period.”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Transistor
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Supergiant Games2014Action RPG · RPG · Action
The verdict
A gorgeous, short, story-driven action RPG with a standout soundtrack and a pause-and-plan combat system. Skip it if you want fast action or dislike repetitive, cooldown-gated fights.
Great for
Fans of Supergiant, art and music, and players who enjoy experimenting with ability builds
Main risk
The combat loop (freeze time, attack, then run during cooldown) feels repetitive or clunky, and the story is cryptic
What players love
Gorgeous art direction
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The art direction is stunning, and Darren Korb's soundtrack will live in your for weeks.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Deep build variety with Functions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Insane amount of customization when it comes to combat options.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Inventive pause-and-plan combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The ability to stop time and plan out your attacks makes fights feel almost like solving little puzzles”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
Moving, emotional story
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“After completing the game and seeing the final cutscene I just stared at the ceiling for 15 minutes processing everything.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Short but polished experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“It's a short game, but it's incredibly polished and stylish from beginning to end”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Vague, shallow or confusing story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The plot is overly mysterious to the point I had almost no idea what was going on until I read a synopsis after beating the game.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Repetitive freeze-and-run combat loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You jaunt in, unload a turn, wait for turn to recharge, repeat.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Annoying constantly talking sword
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The constant comments from the sword were driving me insane.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Clunky, slow movement and weak dodging
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Movement is clunky and painfully slow - Red feels like she's wading through molasses.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Steam Deck and Linux sound/save problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“sound does not work on the steam deck at all.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
No native high-resolution support
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“Doesn't natively support any resolution above 1920x1080 without using launch options to force the resolution”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 32-bit
ProcessorDual Core CPU - 2.6ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7 32-bit
ProcessorDual Core CPU - 2.6ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT
Storage3 GB available space
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