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Game profile
Deathloop
Colt is trapped in a time loop on the island of Blackreef and must eliminate all eight targets within a single day to escape. Each loop reveals new information while another player occasionally invades as a rival.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Shooter / Action, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. Competitive play against other people is part of the package. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Time loop puzzle
- Eight targets in one day
- Optional PvP invasions
This fits you if
- you enjoy being made to think
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you enjoy competing against other players
Look elsewhere if
- competitive lobbies stress you out
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
What it costs you in time
About 14 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 90 out of 100, which puts it above 85 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 130 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Shooter averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 9 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 263 collected ratings.
Released in 2021, so it has 5 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2021
- Genres
- Shooter, Action, Puzzle
- Playtime
- approx. 14 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo, Competitive
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 90 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deathloop | 2021 | approx. 14 hrs. | 90 | Mid price |
| Superhot | 2016 | approx. 4 hrs. | 85 | Budget |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 2014 | approx. 30 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
| BioShock Infinite | 2013 | approx. 13 hrs. | 93 | Budget |
If you liked this, try these
- Superhot Shared: Shooter, Action, shorter
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, longer
- BioShock Infinite Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, rated higher
- Titanfall 2 Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, shorter
- Half-Life 2 Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi
- Halo Infinite Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi