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Themes · praise

Build synergy evolution

Praise for weapons and upgrades that combine into something more than their parts.

In HALL PASS

What responds to it.

Per game

Where it shows up on Steam.

Weighted count in each game's reviews, with the share of that side and the median hours of the reviewers who raised it.

In positive reviews

  1. 20 Minutes Till Dawn6077.1% · median 27h · 468 reviews
  2. Soulstone Survivors5355.7% · median 82h · 388 reviews
  3. Death Must Die3083.4% · median 42h · 231 reviews
  4. Vampire Survivors2992.9% · median 58h · 219 reviews
  5. Halls of Torment2452.4% · median 47h · 169 reviews
  6. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor2132.0% · median 62h · 144 reviews
  7. Brotato1912.2% · median 73h · 151 reviews
  8. Geometry Wars 31668.6% · median 16h · 99 reviews
  9. Megabonk1121.3% · median 38h · 89 reviews
  10. Crimsonland261.1% · median 16h · 15 reviews

Per community

Where it shows up on Reddit.

CommunityIn request threadsIn praiseIn complaintsIn quit sentences
r/vampiresurvivors—45,788 19,719 items——
r/roguelites—24,097 10,600 items——
r/roguelikes—11,425 4,714 items——
r/brotato—7,089 3,189 items——
r/SoulstoneSurvivors—2,664 1,132 items——
r/hallsoftorment—700 326 items——
r/DeathMustDie—1,012 462 items——
r/20MinutesTillDawn—1,118 513 items——

In their words

The highest-weighted reviews that matched.

Truncated to the first few hundred characters as they were in the harvest reports. The weight beside each is one plus the natural log of one plus its helpful votes.

I think there's been a lot of misunderstanding about this title as is evident by the amount of people who are confused coming into this game in how it is different from other horde based games and not exactly seeing the "meta progression" because ironically; that's how DMD separa
Death Must Die · 45h playedw 6.6
The first thing I notice when starting up Geometry wars 3 for the first time are the stellar production values. The title screen alone with its swirling colored auras and a strange vector grid stretching out infinitely before you, the soothing electronic tones of the background m
Geometry Wars 3 · 31h playedw 6.4
This game is super fun and frustratingly boring at the same time. Fun, because it got smooth gameplay, a lot of variety, meaningful choices of abilties, tons of powerups. Fun meta-progression, lots of characters. There is a ton of customizability available with different skills a
Soulstone Survivors · 101h playedw 5.9
Worth 14.99$ for sure. I have only been playing for 20 minutes and I love it. The game looks amazing, runs amazing, and feels amazing. My analog stick is off and in most games I constantly move left, but they must have deadzone support because I don't move at all unless I move th
Geometry Wars 3 · 5h playedw 5.7
Pros: 1) Nice visuals; 2) You can try all character + weapon combinations without grinding; 3) Some combinations are insane; 4) 3 game modes; 5) No crashes, no bad fps (at least if you dont go too far in the endless mode); 6) Characters and weapons are memorable. Cons: 1) More th
20 Minutes Till Dawn · 48h playedw 5.3
All-in-all, simplicity is king. This game doesn't try to do too much yet stands out amongst the crowd of roguelikes. The RPG elements (i.e armors, rings, etc) add nice variety. I personally like this better than Hades 2. I recommended and gifted it to a lot of friends, they all l
Death Must Die · 6h playedw 5.2
This new update was great. I got back into the game after the burnout and attempted to finish off all achievements. I loved the new mechanics and started using skills I would have not taken otherwise, because of the buffs they give. Instead of using the same couple of builds, I d
Soulstone Survivors · 78h playedw 5
I love this game, it's the well-thought-out and frankly better looking cousin to Vampire Survivors. Pros: -Legitimate builds and synergies -Most things in the game can be used as a resource -Flashy but simple art -Elk mode Cons: -Sometimes a little hard to see things, specificall
20 Minutes Till Dawn · 52h playedw 5
Vampire Survivors is a minimalist survival game built around one goal: stay alive long enough for your run to snowball into something ridiculous. It looks simple at first, but it’s engineered to keep you chasing the next “perfect” build. You don’t aim in the usual way—most attacks happen automati...
Vampire Survivors · 3h playedw 5
Never thought I'd get into arcade-style games, but I gave this a try and now I'm hooked. Vampire Survivors is chaotic, addictive, and somehow every run keeps me coming back for just one more, trying more weird weapons and crazy combos.
Vampire Survivors · 82h playedw 4.1
Vampire Survivors is the ultimate "just five more minutes" game. It starts with you throwing a single whip at a bat and ends with you becoming a literal god of death, surrounded by a thousand flashing lights and more treasure chests than a pirate ship. It’s chaotic, incredibly satisfying, and the...
Vampire Survivors · 47h playedw 4
Virtual cocain, addictive as hell. PROS + extreamly addictive + contantly unlocking something new + it is on of the games where you can theorycraft and plan ahead, OR just go with the flow, and both will be fun CONS - slow chest opennign animations - new DLC mechanics are either selfcontained or ...
Vampire Survivors · 52h playedw 3.9

How it was counted

The patterns that matched.

Case-insensitive regular expressions from the harvest scripts, reproduced as written. A review or sentence counts once for the theme if any pattern matches.

Steam harvester praise

  • \bsynerg\w+
  • evolv\w+
  • evolution
  • \bcombo\w*
  • build (variety|craft|is|are)
  • weapon (combo|pairing|evolution)
  • theory ?craft
  • so many (builds|combinations)
  • different builds
  • build diversity