Co-op through the whole story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You can play the entire campaign in 2 player cooperative and both characters are represented fully throughout.”
Steam review · 40.2 h played ↗
Temtem
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%Crema2022Turn-Based Combat · RPG · Adventure
$44.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A charming, tactical Pokémon-style creature collector with great co-op, but grindy, always-online and abandoned by its devs. Skip it if you want offline play or new content.
Great for
Pokémon fans who want strategic 2v2 battles and a co-op story run with a friend, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Always-online servers, heavy grinding and abandonment can lock you out or burn you out
What players love
Charming art and creature designs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I adore the creature designs and the artstyle in general!”
Steam review · 99.7 h played ↗
Better than modern Pokémon
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Temtem brings a level of Strategy and planning to the game that Nintendo hasn't even considered yet.”
Steam review · 228.6 h played ↗
Tactical 2v2 battles without RNG
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the battle system has no rng (except for captures). No miss chance or crits makes it very strategic.”
Steam review · 60 h played ↗
Lots of content and good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“It's probably got 100 hours of content.”
Steam review · 263.7 h played ↗
Deep endgame and challenge modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“You have the option to play a randomized playthrough, a nuzlocke, or a randomized nuzlocke, all on dedicated servers”
Steam review · 97.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned by developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the game has been effectively and fully abandoned by devs. No new content, releases, barely any bug fixes, nothing.”
Steam review · 122.9 h played ↗
Excessive grinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It is way more grindy than any other creature collector I've played, including old-school Pokemon.”
Steam review · 203.4 h played ↗
Server and connection problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Server inaccessible almost every time I try to play even though the servers are up and running.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Always online, no offline mode or save slots
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Always online. So you cant play on steam deck.. fuxking stupid”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Generic Pokémon clone
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“TemTem is such a clone of Pokemon that it neither stands out from nor improves upon it.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Backtracking and poor quest design
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“You can obtain quests that you literally don't have the means to complete”
Steam review · 26.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bits
ProcessorCeleron G530 2.4Ghz or similar
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT 650M or similar
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bits
ProcessorIntel i3-6100T 3.2Ghz or similar
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 970 or similar
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bits
ProcessorCeleron G530 2.4Ghz or similar
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT 650M or similar
Storage5 GB available space
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