Chernobylite Complete Edition

Chernobylite Complete Edition

Steam Deck Playable

The Farm 51 · Survival · Jul 28, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

82%
Very Positive
16k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 181 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 75 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise18% are divided36% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- The story is not bad, but the side stories somehow interrupt the flow
181 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game is surprisingly well-optimised, with graphics turned low it ran on my potato system just fine.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Some of the earlier cracks I noticed in the game was the fact that every character (NPC or enemy) in the game wears a mask, clearly done to avoid animating faces, and the poor optimization (I had to tune every setting to the minimum and still could barely crack 30 FPS, whereas I played Elden Ring and RDR2 in higher settings with better performance).
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design and music are good, and the game being fully voice acted in multiple languages is a nice touch.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Some of the earlier cracks I noticed in the game was the fact that every character (NPC or enemy) in the game wears a mask, clearly done to avoid animating faces, and the poor optimization (I had to tune every setting to the minimum and still could barely crack 30 FPS, whereas I played Elden Ring and RDR2 in higher settings with better performance).
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters181 reviews
Graphics76 reviews
Performance38 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Optimization17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay97 reviews
77%
Interface24 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat75 reviews
76%
Difficulty35 reviews
71%
Crashes16 reviews
56%
Bugs11 reviews
82%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.