Suitable for all kinds of players.

It is amazing and very underrated. Love the art-style, could be too grindy for some players, but I find it amazing, especially with a friend. Played for a while without the DLC's but they are a game changer (literally).

I played Portal Knights exclusively on the Steam Deck. It's fun and it runs well, with one big annoyance: sometimes the game will freeze or crash. When this happens, you can lose many inventory items that you recently picked up if you add them to chests on your home island. The way I found to get around this is by keeping high value items in my personal inventory or placing them in chests just before logging out so they save properly to my home island then logging back into my world to play some more. Of course, there were a few times where the game crashed while I was adding items to chests and about to take a break so I lost a bunch of stuff, but nothing in this game is very difficult to get again if this happens to you. Whether or not this a a deal breaker if you plan on playing exclusively on Steam Deck is up to you but it wasn't for me.

As for the game, it's an action RPG that borrows heavily from Minecraft for its building and resource gathering. The combat is simple, the NPC fetch quests are reasonable, the base building allows for creative builds, and everything has a nice flow to it. There are also challenges that pop up every hour if you're looking for a break from the main story or interested in the resources or unique items they offer. Overall, Portal Knights was a really fun game with well implemented ideas. I only wish it was longer because I wasn't ready to put it down.

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