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

Mixed · 67%Mixed · 67%2021

The verdict

A fun, aggressive Gears-meets-Destiny looter shooter with deep builds and good co-op, but held back by always-online servers, jank and a dying community. Skip it if you want polish or active multiplayer.

Great for

Players who want a cheap, build-focused looter shooter campaign, solo or with a friend

Main risk

Always-online disconnects, bugs and an abandoned game with a thin endgame

What players love

Engaging story and cutscenes

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The campaign is the biggest highlight - even solo it can be really engaging.”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗

“Besides the action, the game unexpectedly has a very solid story.”
Steam review · translated · 37 h played ↗

Satisfying aggressive combat and powers

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Outriders pushes you to play aggressively instead of hiding behind cover like a traditional shooter.”
Steam review · 132.7 h played ↗

“the incredibly smooth combat. When you got your build going and found the right gear, you were a god”
Steam review · 182.7 h played ↗

“Might have the most satisfying shooting of any game I've played.”
Steam review · 42.2 h played ↗

Deep builds, mods and loot

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The build system is excellent. Mods, class trees and abilities interact in ways that let you create some seriously powerful setups.”
Steam review · 132.7 h played ↗

“the looter shooter aspect is even better than Borderlands in my opinion with far more build variety”
Steam review · 95 h played ↗

“Great variety of customization and progression, a class system, a world that adapts to your level.”
Steam review · translated · 9.3 h played ↗

Fun co-op with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“very fun with 2 friends. 3rd person, co-op campaign, Gears of War + Destiny powers.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗

“Loads of fun with friends in co-op.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗

Great value on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“for the current price of £14.99, I've gotta say this game is a steal”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

“for $8 USD would be worth checking out.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗

Flexible world tier difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“the difficulty (world tier) system is the best difficulty mechanic I've seen in a game”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Bugs and crashes

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“This game is the same buggy mess as it was years ago. Quest markers do not update, unreal engine crashes, menu glitches with disappearing UI elements.”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗

“Game would be great. However it crashes a lot. I have lost more progress than I can gain.”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗

Always-online and server disconnects

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“ALWAYS ONLINE SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGNS? Shame on you!!!”
Steam review · 51.8 h played ↗

“Game kicks you out even though this is single player campaign when that happens.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

“Unplayable, constant disconnections from the server.”
Steam review · 39.3 h played ↗

Weak story and writing

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“the story completely falls apart toward the end.”
Steam review · 25 h played ↗

“the writing in this game is a pile of ♥♥♥♥ i regret paying for it”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗

Bullet-sponge enemies and unfair swarms

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“You've heard of "Bulletstorm", now meet "Bulletsponge".”
Steam review · 44 h played ↗

“the devs response to LITERALLY ANY enemy encounter is throw as many adds as possible”
Steam review · 61.7 h played ↗

Abandoned and dead player base

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“I recently reinstalled it but the game is dead. Less than 100 people playing on a week day”
Steam review · 46.1 h played ↗

“Devs have dropped the project so they will remain forever broken like many other things in the game.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗

Constant loading screens and cutscenes

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“First and foremost, the constant loading zones and mini cutscenes.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗

“Absolutely necessary to watch my character open a door or walk under a log every time you go to a different area.”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel I5-3470 / AMD FX-8350

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 750ti / AMD Radeon R9 270x

Storage100 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB / Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB

Storage100 GB available space

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel I5-3470 / AMD FX-8350

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 750ti / AMD Radeon R9 270x

Storage100 GB available space

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