Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Steam Deck Verified

Ovid Works · Adventure · Aug 12, 2020

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.

85%
Very Positive
648 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 148 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 648 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
66% of themes are praise17% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Poorly optimized and generally unpolished but fun first-person platformer very loosely based on the works of Franz Kafka, including but not limited to the story of the same title.
148 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Growing too big to fit through a door as he does in the book isn't conducive to moving gameplay forward
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Nice graphics and general atmosphere
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- The voice acting is pretty good, although most of the game you will hear the noises the bugs make, which is interesting as well.
29 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 love4 themes
Story and characters148 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Graphics40 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
93%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs10 reviews
70%

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. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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