Interesting story and companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“it makes up for it with a solid story, and fun character interactions”
Steam review · 43.4 h played ↗
Bound By Flame
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 68%Mixed · 68%Spiders2014RPG · Action · Adventure
−88%$6.99$0.83
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A short, janky budget dark-fantasy action RPG with a great soundtrack and an interesting demon-possession hook, but clunky combat and a brutal final boss. Skip it unless it's deeply discounted.
Great for
Fans of eurojank action RPGs who want a short dark-fantasy story with choices, bought for a dollar or two
Main risk
Clunky, unbalanced combat with spongy enemies and an unfair final boss
What players love
Fun combat with three styles
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It's difficult and has a nice flow to it, the progression feels good and there's some cool abilities to unlock and builds to explore.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Demon possession and morality choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it's almost mandatory to do a second playtrough and go full bad to see the transformation in all it's glory”
Steam review · 31.9 h played ↗
Very cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“It's .76 cents on sale and more than worth it.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The most lasting impression is left by the superb soundtrack, entirely unique in the genre”
Steam review · 17.6 h played ↗
Short, focused length
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“It's a very tight and focused experience instead of being a huge bloated open world for the sake of maximizing playtime”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, unbalanced combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Even the weakest enemies can poise through your attacks while you can't do the same even though you will be fighting against multiple opponents at a time.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Weak writing and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Imagine every cringe movie line put in to one game.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Spongy enemies and repetitive encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“act 2 and 3 just repeat the same enemies with bigger health points, they were already spongy to begin with”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Unfair, awful final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The end boss is insane and is not similar to anything you have encountered in the whole game before it.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Controller does not work
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Really wanted to play this game, but controllers don't work.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Crashes and launch problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“The game crashes when opening doors that connect to other sections of the map”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
ProcessorAMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.2 GHZ
Memory2048 MB RAM
Graphics512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 4850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER
Storage6 GB available space
OSWINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
ProcessorAMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.2 GHZ
Memory2048 MB RAM
Graphics512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 4850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER
Storage6 GB available space
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