Critadel
Skip · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 10.7h
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 239 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Critadel is a futuristic platform/shooter/roguelike with three playable characters, hundreds of branching paths and over 100,000 unique weapon configurations!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 21 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 34 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Neon Abyss ($4.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).
More about Critadel
This site sampled 215 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to July 2026.
At 10.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
91% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Runs feel very same-y for a roguelike. Not my style at all. This is basically an inferior Neon Abyss.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I don't often leave negative reviews, but I think this game warrants one. It comes off as very unbalanced. It really feels like it needs some core changes to make it more fun. I played for about five hours and had some fun with it, but ultimately ended up uninstalling it. Let me explain what I mean. The synergies (weapons have key traits, when you have multiple of one, you get bonuses termed 'synergies' in the game)...
Good grief what a wild ride this one is. It's really good! Then it's really bad! Then it's REALLY good! Then holy exploding cows, Batman, it's REALLY bad! Critadel is a game that had an amazing amount of good ideas, but feels like it wasnt tested at all, or perhaps it was tested while everyone was high on like, all of the drugs. I cant imagine how else it could come out in this state. Let's start out by talking...
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Cite this score
Critadel scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/808010/critadelReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.