Huge Workshop with custom characters
Mentioned in ~3 in 4 positive reviews
“with arguably one of the best workshops I've ever seen, it makes it 10x better. You can play as damn near anybody in this game.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Rivals of Aether
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Aether Studios2017Fighting · Platformer · Action
−50%$29.99$14.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A fast, deep Melee-inspired pixel platform fighter whose huge Steam Workshop turns it into a play-as-anyone party game. Skip it if you want casual online play or can't stand sweaty, skill-gap-heavy matches.
Great for
Friends who want local or modded smash-style brawls, and Melee fans who enjoy learning a deep fighter
Main risk
Base game feels thin without mods, and online is a small, sweaty, laggy playerbase
What players love
Fast, smooth, deep platform fighter gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The gameplay is fast, smooth, and very skill-based. Movement feels great, and the lack of traditional shields puts more focus on positioning and timing”
Steam review · 103.8 h played ↗
Great for playing with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Get a USB hub and some controllers, and this is genuinely more fun than Smash Brothers.”
Steam review · 209 h played ↗
Distinct, well-designed base roster
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Every character feels distinct from one another.”
Steam review · 71.7 h played ↗
Beautiful pixel art and music, runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it runs on low end machines and it gives the game a unique look, and I personally love the way the game looks.”
Steam review · 75.3 h played ↗
Easy to pick up, accessible
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“most fun fighting game ive ever played and its also really easy to learn”
Steam review · 81.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Base game thin, needs mods; price too high
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the devs literally rely on the players to make the game for them”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Sweaty, hard-to-enter online community
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There is zero casual or low-level play available without having to use outside resources, and even then there's zero guarantee the people you'll find elsewhere also won't frame-perfect combo you to death over and over again.”
Steam review · 167 h played ↗
Controller and keyboard setup problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“every time I connect my XBox controller, it is mistakenly viewed as 2 separate controllers.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Crashes, memory leaks and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Game will crash from "Out of memory" seemingly at random.”
Steam review · 374.5 h played ↗
Small online playerbase, long queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“the player-base is tiny. my average queue times last up to an hour in ranked.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
Laggy, unreliable online netcode
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Unplayable lag in friendly matches unless it chooses not to, runs fine in local games.”
Steam review · 33.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support300 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 7 / 8 / 10
Processor1.2GHz processor
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX Compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
Storage300 MB available space
Recommended
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 7 / 8 / 10
Processor1.4GHz processor or faster
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX Compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
Storage300 MB available space
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 7 / 8 / 10
Processor1.2GHz processor
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX Compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
Storage300 MB available space
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