Bastion
Isometric action RPG with reactive narration and upgradeable weapons
Supergiant Games · Released Aug 16, 2011
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 38K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 37 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 6
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 1 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is Bastion?
In this single-player action RPG, you cross hand-painted areas of a world shattered by the Calamity, fight creatures with upgradeable weapons, and uncover what happened. A narrator reacts to your actions, and finishing the story unlocks New Game Plus and Score Attack.
For you if...
- +you like action combat with a choice of weapons
- +you enjoy stories told through spoken narration
- +you value hand-painted art and a prominent soundtrack
Not for you if...
- −you want fast, precise movement in combat
- −you dislike frequent spoken commentary during play
What players say
95% of 38,203 reviews are positive · 91% of 37 in the last 30 days
Players praise the artwork, soundtrack, reactive narration, and weapon variety. The most common complaint is that combat feels clunky or dull; some players also tire of the narration, and a few report crashes or controller trouble.
Screenshots and trailer
Bastion system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Processor
- 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 2)
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 1.0 GB
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 24
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Great Soundtrack
- Indie
- Action
- Singleplayer
- RPG
- Hack and Slash
- Story Rich
- Dynamic Narration
- Isometric
- Adventure
- Action RPG
- Fantasy
- Atmospheric
- Colorful
- Post-apocalyptic
- 2D
1 DLC available.
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