Bayonetta

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

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2017

The verdict

A stylish, over-the-top Devil May Cry-like action classic with superb combat, but the Steam port is widely reported as buggy, and the camera, QTEs and cutscenes frustrate many.

Great for

Fans of Devil May Cry-style combo action who want a campy, stylish, skill-based challenge, ideally on a controller

Main risk

The PC port can crash, freeze or fail to load enemies, softlocking you, especially on modern hardware

What players love

Deep, rewarding combat with Witch Time

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The combo system feels incredible once mastered, and the witch time mechanic never gets old.”
Steam review · 18.8 h played ↗

“the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ combat holy giga mega ♥♥♥♥, its virtually flawless like genuinely this is perfect videogame combat or at least one of them”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗

“It is difficult at first but once you get the hang of it, you practically dance with the enemies.”
Steam review · 154 h played ↗

Over-the-top style, humor and charismatic heroine

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“An absolute masterclass in ridiculous fun. Taped an entire armory's worth of guns to my body and started breakdancing.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

“It doesn't take itself too seriously, it simply entertains you for all 12 hours.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗

Great soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“backed by a killer soundtrack”
Steam review · 18.8 h played ↗

“First of all, I want to single out the awesome music, the main theme and the credits music.”
Steam review · translated · 9.5 h played ↗

Wish Bayonetta 2 and 3 were on Steam

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“I hope you guys put Bayonetta 2 & 3 on steam too in the near future”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗

Great for DMC fans and genre newcomers

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“If you liked the DMC games then you will love this as it works and plays better then then all the old dmc games”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗

“If you don't have DMC, this game is a great replacement.”
Steam review · translated · 91.7 h played ↗

High skill ceiling and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“even 20 hours in there was still so much to improve at and to really master the combat of this game it probably takes 100+ hours”
Steam review · 40.2 h played ↗

“Finished it 6 times and still love it.”
Steam review · 107.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Buggy PC port: crashes, freezes, missing enemies

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“enemies softlocking the game solely because they never spawned in, lots of visual bugs and infinite loading on the pause screen just makes it unplayable”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

“there are still sections where essential enemies will not load in, endless loading whenever you press pause, and sometimes it will freeze while loading a cutscene”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗

“The game is terribly optimized. Bugs and freezes.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

Terrible camera

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Constant zooming in and out, shaking and panning in every direction all at random, usually to the point you can't even see where you are”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

“EXTREMELY bad camera (you will not see ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ when fighting most big enemies”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

Instant-death QTEs and button mashing

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Also, insta death QTE can go to hell.”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗

“it get ridiculous when the game throws a quick time event (QTE) at you in the middle of a cutscene, only to kill you if you fail to react”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗

Repetitive, frustrating bosses and gimmick levels

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“All bosses in the game are absolutely garbage, they spam the same 2-3 attacks and do nothing”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗

“Each level has a stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gimmick that is as annoying as it is finicky.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗

Too many cutscenes hurting pacing

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Cutscene, Cutscene, Cutscene, Cutscene, Cutscene, Cutscene”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

“Feels like half this game is just cut scenes. Got pretty annoying.”
Steam review · 16.2 h played ↗

No controller remapping, poor keyboard support

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“you cannot change gamepad button mapping. And the default mapping is extremely uncomfortable.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSMicrosoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10

ProcessorCore i3 3220

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsRadeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB)

Storage20 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10

ProcessorCore i5 4460

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsRadeon HD7870 / Geforce GTX 760 or more (VRAM 2GB or more)

Storage20 GB available space

OSMicrosoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10

ProcessorCore i3 3220

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsRadeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB)

Storage20 GB available space

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