Splitgate

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

Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%2019

The verdict

A fun Halo-meets-Portal arena shooter with great portal mechanics, but official servers are shut down. Only player-hosted lobbies and bots remain, so skip it if you want active matchmaking.

Great for

Halo and arena shooter fans who want free portal gunplay with friends in custom lobbies

Main risk

Official servers are gone, so matches are scarce, bot-filled and unstable peer-to-peer lobbies

What players love

Portal mechanics make gameplay unique

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The use of portals is a key element of the game, easy to learn, but hard to truly master.”
Steam review · 61.4 h played ↗

“the portal idea is not new, but it was perfectly implemented, with maps well designed so you could benefit from the portal mechanic.”
Steam review · 60.5 h played ↗

“But the portals really give a new feeling and revived this almost forgotten genre for me.”
Steam review · translated · 1.1 h played ↗

Better than Splitgate 2

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This one has better announcer, better feeling guns, cleaner more identifiable artwork, levels are perfect, everything feels more punchy...”
Steam review · 170.2 h played ↗

“Splitgate 2 doesnt hold a candle to the original.”
Steam review · 59.3 h played ↗

Halo-like arena gunplay and movement

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Extremely satisfying to play with smooth, seamless movement. It feels like a classic old school arena shooter.”
Steam review · 140 h played ↗

“the guns feel amazing in this game”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗

Fun modes, great with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“Loved all the crazy game modes.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗

“It offers a wide variety of game modes and supports large player counts. It’s best enjoyed with friends”
Steam review · 61.4 h played ↗

Everything unlocked and free

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“you get EVERY SINGLE ITEM in the game because it has been shut down.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗

“there's player-hosted servers, every cosmetic in the game is free, and the bots aren't the worst to play against.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗

Runs well on low-end hardware

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“Amazing game and runs on anything, I played 12+ hours of this on an ASUS Vivobook 14 which has the graphics processor of a POTATO!”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Official servers shut down, game feels dead

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“then shut down original splitgate servers.”
Steam review · 78.5 h played ↗

“This game is dead. Even the main match start option removed from the game.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“Extremely low playerbase. Game now operates on peer-to-peer server hosting”
Steam review · 33.7 h played ↗

Forced ad achievement for Arena Reloaded

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The achievement, "Play SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded – Play 1 Game," has nothing to do with Splitgate 1, and doesn't even require playing the new game. It exists purely as advertising.”
Steam review · 110.6 h played ↗

“Forcibly advertising an update through Steam achievements for a game that neither I nor any of my friends have opened in 4 years is insane.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗

Devs blamed for killing game for sequel

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Unbelievably great game ruined by the devs because they shut the servers down.”
Steam review · 359.5 h played ↗

Unstable P2P lobbies: crashes, kicks, high ping

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“every lobby crashes after 5 minutes in the match.”
Steam review · 45.4 h played ↗

“if you pop off in a game you end up getting kicked from the match or the host rage quits.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗

Achievements now unobtainable

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“All achievements are currently impossible to achieve or edit with Steam Achievement Editor”
Steam review · 24 h played ↗

“they aren't adding a way to be able to still get achievements, even though it seems like it would realistically be really simple to track client side.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗

Poor matchmaking, aim assist and map design

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“Aim assist is so strong that ANY noob will outshoot you without even trying.”
Steam review · translated · 17.5 h played ↗

“Awful matchmaking, awful hit registration.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OS64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

ProcessorAny dual core CPU

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 1GB

Storage15 GB available space

OS64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

ProcessorAny dual core CPU

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 1GB

Storage15 GB available space

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