Cursed Crew

Item: Cursed Crew
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-26

Summary

Pirate roguelike with detailed crew management.
Engaging pirate theme and ship combat.
Unique art style, atmospheric audio.
Frequent game-breaking bugs reported.
High price, insufficient content.
Broken tutorial, poor crew AI.

Emotions

satisfaction22%enjoyment16%excitement12%frustration11%disappointment7%

Reviews (sample size): 69
Helpful reviews: 87%
Unhelpful reviews: 13%
Protest reviews: 0%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 163
Negative points: 88
Gameplay points: 69
Perf. points: 2
Rec. points: 27
Misc points: 22

Point	Description	Importance
Strong Potential & Enjoyment Description Players find the game highly enjoyable and see significant potential for future development, appreciating the current design and developer commitment. It's considered a fun and well-made early access title, offering good value for money. Importance 88%	Players find the game highly enjoyable and see significant potential for future development, appreciating the current design and developer commitment. It's considered a fun and well-made early access title, offering good value for money.	88%
Engaging Pirate Theme & Combat Description The game successfully captures the pirate fantasy, with players specifically enjoying the naval combat and fighting various enemies. It's often compared positively to games like FTL and Don't Starve, offering a unique and fun pirate adventure with satisfying combat. Importance 40%	The game successfully captures the pirate fantasy, with players specifically enjoying the naval combat and fighting various enemies. It's often compared positively to games like FTL and Don't Starve, offering a unique and fun pirate adventure with satisfying combat.	40%
Challenging & Replayable Gameplay Description Players appreciate the game's challenging nature and extensive tactical options, which contribute to high replayability. Each game session is unique, keeping gameplay fresh and engaging despite repeated playthroughs. Importance 30%	Players appreciate the game's challenging nature and extensive tactical options, which contribute to high replayability. Each game session is unique, keeping gameplay fresh and engaging despite repeated playthroughs.	30%
Atmospheric Audio & Music Description The game's sound design and music are highly praised, with specific mentions of its spooky, mysterious, and fitting atmosphere. The intro music, in particular, is loved for its unique style. Importance 28%	The game's sound design and music are highly praised, with specific mentions of its spooky, mysterious, and fitting atmosphere. The intro music, in particular, is loved for its unique style.	28%
Unique & Appealing Art Style Description The game features a unique and appealing art style, characterized by minimalist yet detailed graphics and fitting color palettes. The artwork is consistently praised as beautiful and well-suited to the game's feel. Importance 25%	The game features a unique and appealing art style, characterized by minimalist yet detailed graphics and fitting color palettes. The artwork is consistently praised as beautiful and well-suited to the game's feel.	25%
Responsive & Trusted Developers Description Reviewers praise the development team for their attentiveness, honesty, and swift action on community feedback. Their dedication and positive reputation from previous titles like Rimworld build strong trust. Importance 23%	Reviewers praise the development team for their attentiveness, honesty, and swift action on community feedback. Their dedication and positive reputation from previous titles like Rimworld build strong trust.	23%
Satisfying Crew Management Description The captain-centric gameplay and the ability to build, manage, and watch an ideal crew are highlighted as fun and impressive aspects. Players find the coordination of crew members particularly satisfying. Importance 20%	The captain-centric gameplay and the ability to build, manage, and watch an ideal crew are highlighted as fun and impressive aspects. Players find the coordination of crew members particularly satisfying.	20%
Fair & Freeform Gameplay Description Players appreciate that the game does not overly punish them for their choices, allowing for experimental play. Failures are seen as player-driven, indicating a fair and transparent challenge system. Importance 9%	Players appreciate that the game does not overly punish them for their choices, allowing for experimental play. Failures are seen as player-driven, indicating a fair and transparent challenge system.	9%
Satisfying Survival & Crafting Description The survival and crafting mechanics are highlighted as particularly satisfying, contributing to many hours of enjoyable gameplay even in early access. Importance 9%	The survival and crafting mechanics are highlighted as particularly satisfying, contributing to many hours of enjoyable gameplay even in early access.	9%
Enjoyable Self-Discovery Description Players enjoy the process of figuring things out for themselves and gradually understanding the game's mechanics. This design encourages exploration and experimentation. Importance 8%	Players enjoy the process of figuring things out for themselves and gradually understanding the game's mechanics. This design encourages exploration and experimentation.	8%
Excellent Boss Encounters Description The game's boss encounters are specifically praised for their quality, suggesting well-designed and engaging challenges. Importance 5%	The game's boss encounters are specifically praised for their quality, suggesting well-designed and engaging challenges.	5%
Balanced Management & Action Description Players appreciate the effective balance between strategic management and dynamic action during random events, contributing to engaging gameplay. Importance 5%	Players appreciate the effective balance between strategic management and dynamic action during random events, contributing to engaging gameplay.	5%
Satisfying Cannonball Looting Description Looting cannonballs from enemies is highlighted as a satisfying mechanic, adding a rewarding element to combat encounters. Importance 5%	Looting cannonballs from enemies is highlighted as a satisfying mechanic, adding a rewarding element to combat encounters.	5%
SteamDeck Compatibility Description The game is confirmed to work well on SteamDeck, which is a positive technical feature for portable gaming enthusiasts. Importance 5%	The game is confirmed to work well on SteamDeck, which is a positive technical feature for portable gaming enthusiasts.	5%
Effective Tutorial Description The tutorial system is reported to be effective, successfully guiding players through the initial mechanics of the game. Importance 5%	The tutorial system is reported to be effective, successfully guiding players through the initial mechanics of the game.	5%
Fantastic, Deep Story Description The game's story is praised as fantastic and capable of deep exploration, suggesting rich lore and narrative depth. Importance 5%	The game's story is praised as fantastic and capable of deep exploration, suggesting rich lore and narrative depth.	5%
Text Readability Workaround Description The ability to use magnification to read text suggests a potential issue with text size or clarity, requiring a workaround for some players. Importance 5%	The ability to use magnification to read text suggests a potential issue with text size or clarity, requiring a workaround for some players.	5%
Abundant Content Description Players note a significant amount of content available in the game, suggesting high replayability and engagement. Importance 5%	Players note a significant amount of content available in the game, suggesting high replayability and engagement.	5%
Engaging Surprises Description The game offers many surprises, contributing to an engaging and unpredictable experience for players. Importance 5%	The game offers many surprises, contributing to an engaging and unpredictable experience for players.	5%
Acceptable UI Description The user interface is described as 'okay,' indicating it is functional but not particularly outstanding or problematic. Importance 4%	The user interface is described as 'okay,' indicating it is functional but not particularly outstanding or problematic.	4%
Absence of Major Issues Description A reviewer states there are 'no other issues,' implying a generally smooth experience without significant problems, though lacking specific positive details. Importance 4%	A reviewer states there are 'no other issues,' implying a generally smooth experience without significant problems, though lacking specific positive details.	4%
Crab Event (Meme) Description Mentions of 'crabs' appear to be a specific in-game event or a community meme, not providing constructive feedback. Importance 4%	Mentions of 'crabs' appear to be a specific in-game event or a community meme, not providing constructive feedback.	4%

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