DEVOUR
Games review
As of Aug 18, 2026, DEVOUR is rated 90% positive on Steam (88,030 reviews).
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Is DEVOUR worth it in 2026?
A 90% positive rating across 88,030 Steam reviews is a meaningful signal, not a fluke, DEVOUR earns it as a co-op horror experience that genuinely scares groups of friends and keeps them coming back through achievement hunting and maps that reviewers describe as growing progressively scarier. The gameplay loop is repetitive by design, and whether that drives 50 hours or 3 comes down almost entirely to whether you have a consistent co-op group to play with; solo or with strangers, the sameness hits fast and hard. The Manor map is a specific landmine worth naming: two independent complaints in a small sample describe it as a design failure, not a tuning issue, and hitting it early could send you to the refund screen before you discover the maps that actually work. On lower-end hardware, crashes and severe lag mid-session are a documented risk that matters more here than in most genres, because horror depends entirely on unbroken tension.
Friend groups who can reliably fill a lobby and want a genuinely scary co-op horror session with achievement goals to extend replayability across multiple maps.
The Manor map draws visceral criticism for being badly unbalanced, if you hit it early, skip or restart rather than letting it define your impression of the game.
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Pros
- fun with friends8
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- Great horror game scary fun and even better with friends
- I like how every killer and map gets scarier. I enjoyed playing this with a full lobby, having everyone scared at times running from the killer. Its a great experience with friends...
- I love this game. I hate this game. It's hard. It's annoying. It's terrifying and without some patience I will rage. All in all it's actually pretty good. I do enjoy it. Even if I...
- scary and intense8
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- Great horror game scary fun and even better with friends
- 10/10. Scared me. Made me rage. Threats were made. Parents were woken. Top tier experience. Would try again
- I like how every killer and map gets scarier. I enjoyed playing this with a full lobby, having everyone scared at times running from the killer. Its a great experience with friends...
- good co-op horror game4
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- Honestly a banger co-op horror game similar to Pacify if you know it. The levels are basically the same gameplay loop, but with slight cosmetic and layout differences to make it ei...
- Definitely my favorite co-op horror game, has a lot of replayability, and still manages to scare me lol The achievements are really fun to hunt as well, one day I hope to get them...
- Honestly, one of the best co-op horror games I've ever played. Although I wish they would add chapters more frequently, I can't complain since the ones we have right now are excell...
- high replayability3
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- Definitely my favorite co-op horror game, has a lot of replayability, and still manages to scare me lol The achievements are really fun to hunt as well, one day I hope to get them...
- Worth it. Not even 1% through the game completely and already have 10+ hours of playtime.
- amazing game, 100/10 would reccommend fun, intense, challenging, not repetitive, and everything in between. the only complain is reconnecting's inconsistent and update took too lon...
- variety in maps3
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- I like how every killer and map gets scarier. I enjoyed playing this with a full lobby, having everyone scared at times running from the killer. Its a great experience with friends...
- Honestly a banger co-op horror game similar to Pacify if you know it. The levels are basically the same gameplay loop, but with slight cosmetic and layout differences to make it ei...
- Honestly, I’m really enjoying Devour, but I really hope the developers add more maps soon. The current gameplay is super fun, but having new environments would keep things fresh an...
Cons
- manor map unbalanced2
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- Unless you play the Manor. Every other map is fun balanced except for the Manor. Horrible experience like worst of my life. Rather share a jail cell with R. Kelly than go through t...
- The manor is unbalanced, and dumb. If I could pay for devour without the manor i would. Id rather pay full price for a porn game then even touch manor again
- technical crashes and lag1
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- keeps crashing in the middle of games, voicelines are really annoying and game is extremely laggy on lowest settings
- excessive grind progression1
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- Honestly, I’m really enjoying Devour, but I really hope the developers add more maps soon. The current gameplay is super fun, but having new environments would keep things fresh an...
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