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What are the best Parkour games on Steam?

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Best Parkour games on Steam	Price	Steam Rating	Co-Op
-- Dying Light	$59.99	Overwhelmingly Positive	4 Player Online / 4 PLayer LAN
-- Mirror's Edge	$9.99	Very Positive	-
-- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	$29.99	Very Positive	4 Player Online
-- Titanfall	$19.99	-	6 Player Online
-- Watch Dogs	$29.99	Very Positive	-

Dying Light

Top Pro

Enjoyable co-operative multiplayer

Dying light features up to four player LAN and online co-op. See More

Top Con

Boring skill tree bulletsponge grindy game

HonestConand's Experience

the true realistic parkour action survival game... See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Co-Op:4 Player Online / 4 PLayer LAN

Controller Support:Full

Top Pro

Fluid parkour movement

The main protagonist is capable of scaling buildings, jumping over obstacles and vaulting over zombies with ease making traversing the open world city a lot more enjoyable. See More

Top Con

Poor VR UI

Things such as subtitles, instructions, menus, prompts, etc are hard to see clearly. See More

Veldrin on Mirror’s Edge's Experience

Parcour system aspect is a joke in comparison to Mirror's Edge (2008) and even Catalyst. Even Die Young has a better parcour system See More

Top Pro

Rewarding side-missions

There's a wide variety of side-quests and a large chunk of them are multi-part adventures with great storytelling. See More

Top Con

VR has a downgraded visual experience

VR version of the game is low fidelity and introduces visual glitches that the standard version doesn't have. See More

Top Pro

Satisfying combat

The combat is impactful, visceral and offers a great deal of variety in terms of available weapons and different enemy types. It presents a reasonable amount of challenge that is rewarding to overcome and offers multiple ways of emerging victorious in each encounter. See More

Top Con

VR may cause motion sickness

In addition to some minor persistence issues, there are some sensory information mismatch issues created by the in-game characters movements and players stationary position that can easily induce nausea. The issue is a lot more prominent during cut-scenes that take the control away from the player completely. See More

Top Pro

Expansive weapon-crafting system

There are blueprints found throughout the gameworld that can be used to modify existing weapons in a wide variety of ways by adding various elements to them and creating weapons such as enemy seeking grenades, exploding throwing stars, and makeshift bats with nails through them. See More

Top Con

Poor plot and characters

The story is nothing new with many elements that are too familiar at this point. A Reluctant hero and a cold government agent mixed with a plot that can bee seen from miles away points to a lack of imagination while trying to create a game for the masses. See More

Top Con

Unsatisfying ending

The poorly written plot ends in a very anticlimatic ending. The end of Dying Light acts as a cliff hanger that leads to its expansion - The Following, but that doesn't do justice to the original game. See More

Top Con

Poor multithreading

Sadly Dying Light does not do multi-threading very well which results in low framerates. For a modern game that is to be played on consoles with 8 cores or PCs that also have multiple cores, to not take advantage of proper multi-threading is pretty mind boggling. Really it just comes down to laziness, something that is not new to Techland and their poorly optimized ports. See More

Top Con

Enabling VR support isn't straightforward

Enabling VR support requires editing config files. Instructions can be found here. See More

Mirror's Edge

Top Con

Some people may experience motion sickness

In order to maintain its immersive nature, Mirrors Edge has virtually no UI, other than a small dot at the center of the screen. This should ward off motion sickness for most people, but be aware that if you're queasy, you might not feel too well after playing. See More

Top Pro

Innovative, parkour-inspired, first-person platforming with excellent sense of motion

The game's core mechanic is about traversing levels using wall-jumps, rolls and slides without losing momentum. It does a great job of creating a fluid sense of motion that you have complete control over. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure

Top Con

Poor combat sytem

The combat system often feels out of place and definitely interferes with the flow of the gameplay. See More

Top Pro

Unique, minimalistic art-style

Mirror's Edge is set in a world where a totalitarian government runs a city and tries to eliminate anything that stands out, such as the free-running protagonist. The levels are created minimalistic, mostly white with aggressively contrasting primary colors, to represent the oppressive nature and sterility of the world. See More

Top Pro

Keyboard controls work quite well

Surprisingly (for an EA game especially) the keyboard controls are actually designed to work quite well. See More

Top Pro

Great soundtrack

The soundtrack's spacious ambient texture coupled with electronic beats and synthetic sounds supplement the game's otherworldly, contrasting setting. The complete soundtrack is available with the purchase of the game. See More

Top Pro

Time trials

There are time trial bonus levels that are free of platforming sections and combat, just pure timed running missions. See More

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Top Pro

Cool naval combat against other pirates out on the open seas

Naval battles with your own ship and crew are expanded here in Black Flag after they were first introduced in Assassin's Creed III. You're a pirate this time, so you get to explore the open world with your ship as much as you want. The bread and butter of the game involves you as the captain of your ship, navigating out in the open waters to get from place to place, as well as getting hands-on with the full mechanics of steering while firing off cannons at enemy ships. There's a full crew aboard with you, helping to give plenty of liveliness to your surroundings as they shout in anger, sing shanties, and cheer in victory as you go along, along with dynamic weather like raging storms that adds to the realism and intensity. It's a lot of fun and serves as a nice way to break things up from the usual stealth missions on foot. See More

Top Con

Multiplayer is pretty much dead

Unfortunately, the multiplayer is all but abandoned by the player base. Even though the multiplayer itself is really cool and fun, you won't find too many people playing it these days. Since the game originally came out in 2013, it's quite old now, and it doesn't help that the devs don't actively update it anymore. The Assassin's Creed multiplayer base in general is also splintered between this game and the other installments with online play. So if you're a new player trying to get into things, don't be surprised if it takes a long time to find a match. See More

SpiritedBeaivi's Experience

Best on the list See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure, Stealth

Co-Op:4 Player Online

Top Pro

Great graphics that allow exploration

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is an open world adventure game with some of the best graphics available, and many lands and seas to explore. See More

Top Con

Dull story

Nothing newer than the war between the Assassins and the Templars. See More

Top Pro

Huge interesting side missions that last for 40 hours

There is a lot of content in the game, especially when considering how much time can be spent in the side missions alone. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive controls that flow well and fit the theme of the game

A focus on free-running and stealth with easy, simple and interesting controls. Add on top of that naval combat which is in and of itself quite fun. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive stealth gameplay

The stealth mechanics feel natural and fluid in how strategic they are. While tracking your targets, you blend in with each city's citizens or climb up to the tops of buildings to perch there and avoid getting spotted by the templar or their guards. You can either wait for the perfect opportunity to strike with a hidden blade up your sleeve that silently assassinates your target, or you can go all-out and have a sword duel with them if you'd rather take a more aggressive approach. After they're dead, you make your escape and become incognito again. Everything goes together nicely in a way that feels satisfying. See More

Titanfall

Top Pro

Jetpacks and wall-running let you move around more freely

While playing as a regular soldier, you have great mobility with jetpacks that allow you to run on walls. Maps are designed with verticality in mind, giving players options to use their jetpacks to climb above the opposition for a better vantage point. It also gives you a leg up when facing against a Titan, since you can always run along a nearby wall to get on top of the mech to take it down. This helps to make sure than infantry soldiers aren't just weak fodder for Titans to take out, with their speed and parkour abilities as their main advantages. See More

Top Con

Everything is online-only

Having everything online means you're at the mercy of your internet connection. If you disconnect during a story mode match, for example, then you risk losing all progress and having to start over again. The story isn't exactly something you can skip, either, since you have to play through it if you want to unlock all of the Titans. For those with decent connections, you'll probably be okay, but anyone else should be wary about dealing with frequent interruptions. See More

VersatileEnten's Experience

Wall running is the only move considered to be parkour here See More

Specs

Genre:First-Person Shooter, Multiplayer

Co-Op:6 Player Online

Top Pro

Multiplayer has its own story

Since there's no dedicated story campaign, there is instead a narrative woven into the multiplayer gameplay. Before you drop down to each mission, you get a brief cinematic with an explanation of your objective and what's at stake. These stories all add up to an arching plot that guides you through the multiplayer. Throughout the missions, you also unlock new Titans for you to use while playing in regular multiplayer matches. Even though the story here isn't much, it's something, at the very least. See More

Top Pro

You can use powerful mechs called Titans for their added defense and high-powered weapons

Aside from playing as a regular infantry soldier, there are also huge mechs on the battlefield, known as Titans, that you can control. As soon as a player gets in the cockpit, that's when you know that the tides are about to turn. Titans are big enough to act as tanks for your allies, soaking up damage and dealing a ton more with their specialized guns, giving your team a huge advantage just by having one with you. But they're not all-powerful, since a normal soldier can get on a Titan's back to dismantle it and take it down, even though it won't be easy. Titans are strong without being overpowered, turning battles into power plays to see who can take out the enemy team's mechs the fastest. See More

Top Pro

Thrilling first-person shooter multiplayer with teams of six

Titanfall is a great team-based FPS game with well-designed gunplay. Running and gunning with your team of six friends or online players is fast-paced, with tons of destruction on the battlefield all around you. You rely on twitch reflexes to gun down enemies as soon as you see one rounding a corner, or to react in time to someone shooting at you and taking you by surprise. Though there aren't too many guns to choose from, the ones you can pick are each unique and fun to use. Everything feels balanced in a way that's well thought-out, leading to frantic and intense multiplayer matches. See More

Top Pro

Jetpacks and wall-running add rarely seen freedom of movement

Maps are designed with verticality in mind, giving players options to use their jetpacks to climb above the opposition for a better vantage point. See More

Top Pro

Stormtrooper NPCs are present on the battlefield as allies and enemies

Maps and missions feel realistic thanks to the stormtrooper units that you see during matches. Some are part of your team, acting as guides to your next objective and moral support in the way their voiced lines express appreciation for your presence on the battlefield. The enemy team also has groups of these same NPCs, with certain multiplayer modes focusing on you taking out certain number of them in order to dwindle their numbers. Overall, they help populate the maps to make them feel like actual missions with soldiers accompanying you or opposing you, making things feel more epic. See More

Watch Dogs

Top Pro

Fun multiplayer

The multiplayer is a bit like Dark Souls where other players can invade the players world with a twist of them hiding in plain sight while trying to hack the player. See More

Top Con

Character is boring and gloomy

The character played in the game has a boring and uninteresting story as well is normally gloomy and downtrodden making it somewhat of a chore playing as such an uninteresting character. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Limited co-op play

There is co-op offered in Watch Dogs but it is limited to specific points in the game where players can work cooperatively or competitively to complete a task. See More

Top Pro

Interactive, hackable city

Throughout the game players can use their in game phone to hack items in the city such as red lights or draw bridges. See More

Assassin's Creed Origins

Top Pro

A vibrant and enticing world

AC Origins story unfolds in a pretty rare setting of Ancient Egypt under the rule of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. The world feels alive and atmospheric with its diverse scenery and it just begs to be explored. You can run through bustling monumental cities, traverse the vast sandy deserts on the back of a camel or a horse, get some rest in a lush green palm tree-lined oasis, float down the Nile in a little dinghy - all this moving around rewards you with breathtaking and sometimes unexpected views, be it a golden pyramid or a rampaging horde of hippos. The map is massive, but it doesn't feel overwhelming because the movement is fast-paced, so much so that you can easily choose to avoid fast-travel. The setting, especially in the cities with their marble palaces, hieroglyph-covered obelisks, and sandstone monuments, lends itself well to the usual for Assassin's Creed climbing and free running. See More

Top Con

Unreliable features may get in the way of combat

The fast-paced battles can be even harder due to some features not working reliably. For example, you can lock on a specific target in a group, and that works well for sneaky bow attacks, but in close combat there's an issue with switching between the targets. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Action-adventure RPG, Stealth

Controller Support:Partial

Top Pro

Choose from a variety of stealth tricks

While sneaking around in AC Origins is mostly simple crouching in the bushes and hiding behind the trees or buildings, the stealthy killing and distraction part is really varied and fun. For instance, you can get the Predator Bow that lets you remotely steer your arrows after firing them, even get them to turn around a corner. The natural day/night cycle encourages you to use the darkness to hide your approach and take on the guards when there are likely less of them awake. You can also use sleep and poison darts, or open the enclosures of the animals so that they create distractions and even attack your enemies. You can even take control of your pet eagle and scout an area beforehand, allowing you to mark enemies. When control returns to your character, you'll be able to see the marks even through walls. See More

Top Pro

Interesting stories make questing fun

Like in most RPGs, the quests in AC Origins can feel a little grindy, but this time you might not even notice it until you're deep into the game. Each quest is layered and wrapped in a different story, which adds to the overall lore of the game and hides the fact that it's still your basic "go kill the bad guy" or "get me this amount of that thing". A quite straightforward-looking quest might turn out to be anything but. See More

Top Pro

Challenging combat mechanics

The combat mechanics in this game require much more thinking-through than in the previous AC games. There's almost no chance to easily defeat multiple enemies at once, you need to block, parry, and know when to change your weapon. You have the ability to either deal a huge one-hit blow or supercharge your weapon by maxing out an adrenaline bar. See More

Assassin's Creed Unity

Top Pro

Crouch walk finally implemented

Assassin's Creed Unity has finally added in a method for players to crouch-walk. Allowing them to remain hidden going from cover to cover. This was an often asked for mechanic and is now finally implemented into the game series. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Has more bugs than an ant hill See More

Veldrin on Mirror’s Edge's Experience

so this is an insult. did you really suggest the 'push 1 button to do 100 actions game' to be ANY similar with Mirror's Edge? This is an big insult. big insult. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure, Stealth

Co-Op:4 Player Online

Top Pro

Wide range of customization

From different weapon slots to changing outfit pieces independently there are quite a lot of customization options to utilize which allows for the player to feel that there character is individualized. See More

Top Con

More of the same

Like most of Ubisoft's cookie cutter games, the gameplay of Assassin's Creed Unity is just more of the same from previous titles with little implemented to set it apart from any other in the series. See More

Top Pro

Impressive recreation of Paris to explore with buildings to climb freely

The city of Paris is beautifully done. The level is massive and dense with detail, with well-designed areas from the era such as towers, open plazas, religious buildings, and recognizable landmarks. You can climb anything, anywhere, and run along the rooftops as much as you want. Scaling the tallest places gives you an amazing bird's eye view of the city and the mountain ranges beyond, along with a vantage point to plan out how to assassinate your targets. The realistic architecture makes Assassin's Creed Unity feel like a true period piece set in Revolutionary Paris. See More

Top Pro

4 player online co-op

Assassin's Creed Unity features up to four player online co-op. See More

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Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Assassin's Creed

Top Con

Repetitive main missions

The main missions are all structured the same without much variety. You're assigned a target to kill, you go to the specified city, you get a few means of tracking them down, and then you assassinate them. It's the same formula for every single target until the final mission. The only thing that breaks the monotony is that you get to choose your approach on how to kill your target. Pretty much everything else falls into the same routine that drags on for too long. See More

Top Pro

Impressive cities to explore with buildings to climb freely

The medieval locations of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre are beautifully done. The levels are massive for their time, with well-designed areas from the era such as towers, open plazas, and religious buildings. You can climb anything, anywhere, and run along the rooftops as much as you want. Scaling the tallest places gives you an amazing bird's eye view of the city and the mountain ranges beyond, along with a vantage point to plan out how to assassinate your targets. The realistic architecture makes Assassin's Creed feel like a true period piece set in the Holy Land. See More

Specs

Genre:Stealth, Action-Adventure

Top Con

Altaïr isn't all that compelling

As the main protagonist, Altaïr is kind of boring. His voice acting is emotionless and he doesn't really grow as a character. He does what his superiors tell him to do and just goes along for the ride in the story. You won't get to know much about him as a person, only the things that revolve around his role as an assassin. Getting to see more of him beyond the main story would have helped to flesh him out some more. See More

Top Pro

Excellent soundtrack

The game's soundtrack is top notch. It has a blend of medieval-sounding instruments with modern sci-fi synths, making the tracks unique. The echoing choruses and unsettling backtracks give a sense that you're on a tense, but mysterious mission to assassinate the templars in the Holy Land that the game takes place in. There's a measured thoughtfulness and caution that you pick up on as well, almost like the songs themselves mimic you as you stalk your targets while you blend in with the crowd. It's such a cool experimental sound that the composer, Jesper Kyd, manages to pull off well, keeping you engrossed as you play and listen. See More

Top Con

Confusing ending that lacks closure

The ending is weird. There's a sudden twist that happens with no real explanation, and it seems to happen just to shock you. The final wrap up also leaves out a lot of information about this twist, leaving things open for a sequel. You more than likely will end up confused by the whole thing. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive stealth gameplay

The stealth mechanics feel natural and fluid in how strategic they are. While tracking your targets, you blend in with each city's citizens or climb up to the tops of buildings to perch there and avoid getting spotted by the templar or their guards. You can either wait for the perfect opportunity to strike with a hidden blade up your sleeve that silently assassinates your target, or you can go all-out and have a sword duel with them if you'd rather take a more aggressive approach. After they're dead, you make your escape and become incognito again. Everything goes together nicely in a way that feels satisfying. See More

Top Pro

Interesting story of Assassins versus Templars

The story in Assassin's Creed is full of intriguing ideologies and philosophies. It's a familiar tale of liberty and freedom on the Assassin side and law and order on the Templar side, but it still feels fresh. Playing as Altaïr, it's up to you to assassinate certain templar targets who oppress the masses and horde power for themselves. As you take them down, you learn about their views on controlling the populace, encouraging you to question if the assassins are truly on the right path. Thankfully, the game doesn't tell you what to think, leaving you to draw your own conclusions. See More

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Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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