Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy

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

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2018

$39.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A faithful, good-looking remaster of three PS1 platformer classics at a fair price. Skip it if you hate precision platforming, clunky jumps and hitboxes, or have no nostalgia.

Great for

Nostalgic PS1 fans and patient platformer players who enjoy hard challenges and 100% completion

Main risk

Clunky jumping, hitboxes and depth perception make platforming frustrating without nostalgia or patience

What players love

Faithful, nostalgic remaster

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“I really like that the devs stayed true to the original games and still added two levels, Stormy Ascent and Future Tense.”
Steam review · 88.9 h played ↗

“Doesn't take away from the feel of the original games in any way, just remasters them for modern hardware and thats it.”
Steam review · 35 h played ↗

“They didn't reshape the classic to modern standards but carefully carried it over to new platforms.”
Steam review · translated · 11.4 h played ↗

Beautiful graphics and soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The Graphics are great without losing the originals' charm.”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗

“The graphics look amazing and there are quality of life features that weren't in the originals.”
Steam review · 88.9 h played ↗

Challenging, rewarding platforming

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“finally beating a tough stage feels extremely rewarding”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗

“the main course in this game is the difficulty, level design, and atmosphere”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗

Replayability and 100% completion

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“It really is such a masterpiece of three games.”
Steam review · 139.6 h played ↗

Great value: three games in one

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“you have 3 games for only 40 bucks this is impossible with the new releases”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗

“You get three full games packed with dozens of levels, secrets, and time trials, which means hours of gameplay.”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗

Runs well on Steam Deck

Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews

“i played and beaten the entire trilogy on the steam deck oled, and performance-wise, it runs great!”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗

“It's great, as if it were made for the steam deck, runs amazing, looks amazing”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Clunky controls and unfair hitboxes

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The hitboxes don't match the character model which causes you to fall when it looks like you shouldn't”
Steam review · 59.5 h played ↗

“The hitboxes are terrible, and there's been no fix.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗

“Turning a lively, responsive platformer into a cautious pixel hunt with mushy physics takes real effort.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗

Punishing, unfair difficulty and 100% grind

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Every mistake is punished, and most of the time it doesn't feel like you are the one wrong here.”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗

“There should really be an easy mode for people who just want to enjoy the nostalgia of the games”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗

Bad camera and depth perception

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“It is very hard to tell where you're gonna land after your jump since your shadow isn't very visible on platforms”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗

“It's impossible to visually judge the distance between platforms.”
Steam review · translated · 5.8 h played ↗

Locked framerate and poor performance

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Apparently developers artificially limit fps to 60.”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗

“My pc can run cyberpunk without lag,but for some reason this game lags so so so much,it barely reaches 20fps”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

Launch failures, crashes and black screens

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“My game crashes every time I launch a level.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“All 82 minutes in this game were me trying to get it to work unfortunately.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

Port problems: huge window, no options

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“Game loads at ultrawide 4k for some reason.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

“It defaults to a 4k window, and for some reason alt enter is not forcing fullscreen.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB | AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB

Storage30 GB available space

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB | AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB

Storage30 GB available space

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