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SULFUR
Developer Perfect Random
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end. From the Steam store page
363 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
234 positive · 35 negative
95% range 82–90%
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| Steam reviews | 234 | 35 | 0 |
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94 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
9,239 of 10,548 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Most players love this quirky extraction roguelite, but some worry about balance changes.
The game is widely praised as a unique blend of extraction shooter and roguelite, with many calling it addictive and a breath of fresh air. Players highlight the satisfying gunplay, art style, and the tension of high-stakes loot runs. [4][5][12]
However, some players criticize recent developer decisions that shift the game away from a power fantasy toward a harder, more trade-off-based experience. Others note missing features like inventory sorting or suspend-run options, and a few find the difficulty punishing. [27][32][33][34][36]
Praised addictive gameplay loop · unique genre blend · satisfying gunplay
Criticised balance changes · missing features · difficulty spikes
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 363 · most liked firstWe're early in the development of a new game with the working title "Sulfur" (or "Silenus"), an investigative mystery set on a string of islands along the U.S. southern coast. We'll share updates here. We also post detailed dev logs on Patreon & are very grateful to our friends and supporters.
unlabelledView post →Ah, it's helldivers all over again. You make a game that lets players grind and gives them the reward of a power fantasy of bullying PVE enemies. Then out of nowhere the developers decide they want the game to become a hardcore experience. Fail to understand why people enjoyed the game to start with. The mark of this specifically is releasing the game with ways to become very powerful. Then introducing slowly much much weaker stuff over time. Every player asks. "Well this new stuff sucks its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sulfur is a mixed game for me. Overall I gave it a thumbs down but I want to clarify that you might still have fun playing sulfur, it's not an iredeemable game. Before getting into a detailed breakdown, I'll give you the 10 second version, I believe Sulfur is fundamentally a victim of early access where the game has not had the space to reconsider, expand and refine freely. Some of the design in sulfur is either contradictory or confused as a result, and instead of fixing the foundation the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of the latest update (Qiosk's Plenty Update), the devs have removed a really cool feature for the sake of "optimization", specifically, realistic/picture-in-picture scopes were replaced with a basic "increase fov to zoom in" effect. While the game itself is excellent, I worry that the devs may end up making decisions that lead to it getting worse over time, instead of better. If you're willing to take a chance on an early access game, I absolutely recommend you get it. But otherwise, you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game, but I bought it with glee when I saw so many customisation options for many weapons. I was sure there will be many viable ways to build your weapon to win. I was wrong. More than 80% of scrolls that induce major change to weapon is just bad and makes weapons worse than empty upgrade slot. There are many scopes/sights in game, sadly they have uneven stats attached so you either roll with best stat or one you actually like. There are many barrel attachments, I only used three,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →btw i admitted to having evil friends in the oil industry months ago during the Venezuelan Sulfur Incident so idk, feels late to the game i guess
unlabelledView post →Sulfur is in a weird state right now. The game is not fun? But I enjoy playing it. What it boils down to is in the latest patch, and with how the development philosophy has been shifting, it goes towards less of a power fantasy (make the best gun you want) to a more hardcore game based on tradeoffs. In order to get a (good?) gun in Sulfur, you need to: 1. Rank up your gun by grinding it for a while. 2. Buy and apply oils/scrolls that you think is a good build idea. 3. Test it if it works (as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am playing way too much SULFUR lately, just collecting every type of guns in the game to mess around with. I'll be back on the drawing engine soon :u It would involve more boobies, breasts, titties if you may.
unlabelledView post →Don't listen to anyone that tells you this is an extraction shooter. This is actually an extraction cooking game with gun elements
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i personally did not enjoy this game, but i can tell that it is of incredibly high quality and it was mainly just a skill issue on my part. This game annoys the hell outta me but still its just good. You cant argue that something that is good isn't good, and I'm not dumb enough to try to argue that. so, if you enjoy annoyingly difficult games that will beat you up to hell and back, whilst having a unique and beautiful art style, at the very least try it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great extraction shooter. Only thing that is missing is some kind of character progression. Item and storage progression is there already.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[🎈] This new update is odd... not complaining tho... :3 * Sulfur is a really good game guys, like fr no joke go play it (sadly no inflated birds yet but we can have faith!) (Tags. for. engagement. bait.) #inflation
unlabelledView post →Sulfur is a flawless combination of two genres I love: The Binding of Isaac-style rogue-lites and looter-shooters like the Borderlands. It features a unique art style, blending 3D environments with 2D "vector" sprite characters. It’s a breath of fresh air in the rogue-lite scene because it raises the stakes in the most interesting way: there is no form of meta-progression other than the tools and gear you scavenge during runs and store at your home base, alongside your own knowledge of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Possibly my GOTY for 2026, no joke After a little learning curve this game has become somewhat of a dangerous addiction to me, in a good way. This has everything that a good FPS need to be. I'd forgotten how good it feel to check corners, adjusting my game play to each gun, having fun just going at my own speed, and the absolute satisfying sound of different guns. The crafting dynamic is phenomenal. Being able to use an oil to help reload a massive machine gun almost comically fast, or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core of the game is amazing, but the developers have been consistently making nerfs that are bewildering. I'll use two of the most recent changes at the time of writing this as an example: 1: Melee kills no longer reward the gun you're holding EXP if you haven't shot the enemy with the gun at least once. This essentially makes grinding weapon levels (something you'll be doing a LOT, as the game highly incentivizes maxing out a guns levels through metaprogression and the extensive weapon…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played for about 7 hours without dying. Got a good gear loadout that I had become attached to. Died by turning my back for 3 seconds. All my gear gone. Still we power on. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →About 9 months ago I watched famous local insane man Reggie Games play this. It looked cool, and I wanted to get it. I put off on buying it for some time as I didn't have the money. Then over the holidays it slipped my mind to get the game Fast forward to 3 days ago. I saw there was a demo for this game and downloaded it. 3 hours later I was thoroughly enjoying myself. It was late at night, and I decided to buy the game, but to do it tomorrow morning. I go to bed and wake up the next morning…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a game formerly known as Sulfur #pixelart #art #castlevania #castlevanialike #gamedev #indiegames
unlabelledView post →7/10 Game is pve extraction shooter for people that don't have enough time for pvp but like the genre I would recommendd it 100%. As for someone just getting into the genre game gets difficult if you don't have a solid build post dungeon. You need to farm a lot to just play later stages. Not talking about the endless mode because I didn't even get there. Overall nice game, with good soundtrack but slow progression I think if they buff builds or loot itll be much better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now streaming SULFUR, a game where I got a shotgun-pistol and made it shoot even more projectiles and then gave every projectile a random elemental damage and enough weight that they arc visibly. The game doesn't let you name it but the gun's name is obviously 'Skittles' twitch.tv/grastreams
unlabelledView post →Q: What is the dumbest thing you can do in a PVE looting game. A: The first big patch, nerfing all the stuffs player enjoyed most.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My hours speak for itself. Don't look at my purchase date.... Devs have been killing it with updates lately. Fun to watch them rein in this ship and start steering it in the direction they intend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SULFUR is the kind of experience which leaves that magical taste in your tongue. It's a combination of looter-shooter and rogue-lite at heart, with a mix of well executed mechanics taken from both genres. It can be a slow, relaxing experience of running through dungeons on your own pace or a hardcore bullet frenzy; making it a uniquely pleasant experience that flows according to what the player has in mind. A solid game, that somehow goes beyond expectations in most fronts. I HAVE NO MOUTH…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buyer beware Disclaimer - i bought this game on the 14th close to midnight bored, ngl i was expecting to refund, next thing i know i lookout the window and its sunny , i look at the clock and its 7 almost 8 am, this game is digital Crack. play at your own risk.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if u want a solid pve extraction shooter this is your game. its funny, solid gameplay loop, easy to get into, endgame feels good even if its just gun crafting and quest at the moment, if you like collecting stuff and hoarding you should buy. Cons: the forest the stupid birds in the forest the dumb mother ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the dumb hat in the castle that throws his ball at me the castle boss, blinds you and sets you on fire the 12 dogs hiding around that corner in the dungeon the deep agony i feel…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoot, loot, and boot. There’s something deeply therapeutic about turning innocent 2D enemies into bloody dust and vacuuming up everything they drop like a cocaine addict.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hope this game gets many updates and dlcs in the future. Already one of my favorite games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of my favorite games, the only thing I don't like is that I have made it past the desert level and there are no more new levels for me to play now! Please make more levels, thank you very much for making such an awesome game. If you're thinking about buying this game, stop reading reviews and just do it. Spend your last dollars on it, YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sulfur is a game where you combine enchantments and modifications to turn ridiculous firearms into absurd firearms. It also lets you completely ruin them! 10/10, no notes.
unlabelledView post →This game is an excellent example of shoot and scoot with high failure costs... although to be honest, once you get the hang of the game, failure is not common unless your armor sucks. What this game IS, however, is my personal hell. If you hoard items like me, stay the ♥♥♥♥ away. Save yourself or you'll end up like Sam Neil in Event Horizon. If you don't hoard, and like to shoot and scoot, awesome. Walk right on in, money well spent. Upvote if you ignored my warnings, hoarders. So we…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grebs got a gun & will be live in 15 mins on Sulfur the indie roguelike! First time playing so that's all the description I got for you but I've been told it's a fitting game for Greb! See the chaos at - www.twitch.tv/iggymaid in 15 min! #vtuber #vsona #twitch
unlabelledView post →I wanna play more Sulfur, this game is really interesting and fun. Though I was not expecting a skeleton to burst forth from the corpse of an enemy I had just killed D:!! #VtuberClips | #Dragongirl | #Vtuber | #TwitchStreamer
unlabelledView post →Only downvoting for endless. The base game is a PvE extraction-like. After beating the base game, you unlock endless mode, which is a rogue-like spin on the gameplay. For the most part it's ok, but getting to stage 20 takes 4-8 hours. For the life of me I can't understand why they would lock an achievement behind an 8 hour session. Especially when the rest of the achievements are basically, "stare mindlessly at your screen. Congrats." One of the achievements is literally: "hold your breath…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔫NOW LIVE WITH A NEW GAME CALLED SULFUR - GAME KEY PROVIDED. TY DEVS AND LURKIT twitch.tv/morninchai
unlabelledView post →Sulfur is a good game
unlabelledView post →??? YOU leave ME alone!!! (game is SULFUR)
unlabelledView post →Sulfur is an incredible game, and thee only of its kind. an fps extraction rougelike. it is confirmed to be getting multiplayer also!!! its a labor of love from the devs :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tip: dont walk forward while entering caves (game is called SULFUR)
unlabelledView post →Devs decided to, in a single patch, ruin their game by unilaterally nerfing to hell and back every single thing players liked and used, in a SINGLEPLAYER game. They could have buffed the other oils and attachments to get them on par with the rest, they could have tweaked the best "meta" oils to remove stuff such as infinite ammo builds to promote build variety, but they decided the nuclear option was the best option. So now, if you decide to upgrade your weapons, you simply don't get to hit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →finally finish the game and unlock endless wave, it is fun, they make each boss unique and fun. each encouter need diffrent strategy. wish nothing but the best for the dev for keep making this game fun. barely used most of the oil and scroll they offer, and more than half recipe stil unknown to me. there lot to unlocked and im glad they keep giving free update JUST maybe if dev decide to make a sequal, please give up maybe open world, coop or stalker like experiences, i truly belive they can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No spoilers in this review! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45534557/]@MatureContent This is different from all the other games I have played in this genre, which are mostly just top down 2D titles with only very simple item mechanics. This game has a full story, good item mechanics, an inventory management "mini game", and it is a 3D first person shooter with really smooth movement. I also really like that you can aim down sight and that it actually makes killing enemies further…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →new favorite rogue like, needs a button to sort the inventory and a way to suspend runs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love extraction shooters but don't have much time to commit to the multiplayer grind, Sulfur might just be your new obsession. I've played them all, Zero Sievert, Incursion, Escape From Duckov, and Sulfur is hands down the quirkiest and most interesting single player extraction shooter I have ever touched. The progression here is something special. Your first hour or two will have you scratching your head, wondering how anyone ever gets anywhere in this game. Stick with it. Learn the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can make really stupid builds, but I get punished for hubris and/or pushing the boat out too far. More satisfying cooking than Minecraft and I still haven't seen all that is on offer yet. Sublime.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok. SO I want to love this game. And I did. But this latest patch makes me stop loving it. (The "Scholar's Update" patch for those wondering and the future potential review viewers.) This patch rebalanced 100+ oils and nerfed a lot of the "good" ones to the point of making some gun builds completely unviable or outright impossible now. And before I get the "every oil has a niche" people screeching at me: Yes. I've heard your arguments but I disagree with most of them. There's a high…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, it's good. The only things I would ask for would be oils that counter-balance bullet drop. Otherwise the game is in a state that I would argue is pretty much done. The roadmap says otherwise, which is encouraging. The devs clearly have better standards than I do for a finished product.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i beat this area's boss before ever encountering this sun god motherfucker lol. looks cool tho. (game is SULFUR)
unlabelledView post →these are for an NES Castlevania-like, btw, that was called Sulfur I started making like 7 years ago but now there's another game called Sulfur coming out what do I do :( #pixelart #gamedev #castlevania
unlabelledView post →A fully-fledged game in almost every aspect. Amazing artstyle, mechanics, and a fully-fleshed out gameplay loop, this game is more engaging than like 90% of modern shooters. Most of the game concepts are easy to understand, such as enchanting, cooking and looting, but that doesn't mean they are insignificant. As a matter of fact, you can spend hours engaging with only one of these aspects of the game if you wish. The combat in this game is very fun. Bosses are rarely unfair, enemies cant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →68 hours at time of writing, and I still haven't hit the desert yet, much less unlock endless mode. ...but it's not because of any sort of difficulty. No, you see, this game does a couple of things in particular right that lights up my brain with such a sense of dopamine, that... Well, in fashion of how I write reviews now, let's highlight the standout things that really make me love this game. I am a sucker for builds From Payday 2 to Warframe, an easy way to hook me is to give me a system…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the game, here's what I can say. Do not buy this game expecting extraction shooter. Yes there is extraction and yes there is shooting involved. But this game is essentially dungeon crawler with gun and death is really optional unless you are playing glass cannon built (which is fun tbh) Does that mean you shouldn't buy this game? No, try it first. It is hella fun, the game allow wacky modification for guns. You can make gun that is so OP that boss can be killed in one hit, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →such a good game bogged down by annoying developer practices. Devs seem to insist on nerfing anything remotely fun for the sake of "balance" in a currently single-player game. Guns feel good, combat is challenging and varied, and the story is interesting. 4/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"There's a lot to love and discover about Sulfur, and for the studio's first game, it is a remarkable achievement" www.superjumpmagazine.com/sulfur-extra...
unlabelledView post →Don't let the graphics fool you into thinking this is one of those 'boomer shooters'/'half likes' that have been coming out in the indie FPS market recently. The art style is lowkey but appealing, and it might be the 'worst' (or least good) part about this game IMO, despite looking good still. The gunplay is really good. Location based damage with weapons that have 'tactical shooter' amounts of recoil and spread. Insane levels of customization, and neither the game progression nor the player…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fight the evil. Fulfill the Prophecy. "A priest with guns and a strange looking amulet is going to leave a trail of corpses around like a homicidal maniac, in the name of vengeance." That's right, the Lord sent you, his warrior with the itchiest trigger finger, to spread divine justice and hot lead. (and to give cheese to Skrip)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game just hits on every level At its heart its a dungeon crawler, you go on runs, get loot and repeat. Sounds familiar right? But it has to be said how each of Sulfurs influences are so well implemented and to the right level that makes everything so engaging. I could glaze about the sound, the enemies, the customisation, how this game has made me realise why loot has been boring in other games and that's deterministic crafting. You have real purpose with what you find and RNG…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely one of the best indie games out there. Finally beat the final boss before endless mode and its so much fun, not too hard if you can get a couple good guns and keep them maintained and stocked on ammo. Very solid 8/10 overall, and hopefully they add multiplayer soon
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yeah idk man, this game just isn't that fun for me. it has a very repetitive game loop, there's really not much in terms of progression, and most of the items in the game are sort of pointless. it has fun gunplay and a unique artstyle but thats not really enough to justify buying the game for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the heck-- I normally don't like shooters but I got absolutely sucked in to playing SULFUR today on Stream. That game got its HOOKS in me.
unlabelledView post →- Small and quick late night doodle, based on a drawing I have in my poses folder I can't find the origin of. - Gun is the Ferryman .50 submachine gun from the hit indie game Sulfur #art #sketch #doodle #furry #cyborg
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