A Short Hike

A Short Hike

Steam Deck Verified

adamgryu · Exploration · Jul 30, 2019

Yes, worth buying.

At $7.99. It has been as low as $4.39.

99%
Overwhelmingly Positive
23k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 155 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 23k player reviews · updated 4 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
What I love about this is there are so many ways to enjoy this game, some days I'm not in any mood to sit through anyone even virtual dialogue so I love how you can go this whole game without talking to anyone and still have enough golden feathers once you learn it a bit.
155 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
At GDC Festival of Gaming Adam talks about creating a lighting system in order to highlight the bright colours you would normally find in nature without making the crunchy 8-bit style fall apart under it.
51 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
With the end accomplishment making for a dynamic soundtrack that always seems to pick up the mood an vibe of the gameplay, like when you're going up the trail to the icier part you hear these mysterious synths along with some acoustics giving you this uplifting feeling, fading into the snappy bongos until leaving you with just the gusts of wind and a wall to climb.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Yes this is a very small area to explore but that's not why they feel so distinct, the musician behind the soundtrack Mark Sparling in an interview with Scruffy (Youtuber) credits this to the sub sectioning of larger areas as to not wear thin on the player.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
If this game is meant to be played with a controller, one joystick should control character movement and the other should control the camera.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
It's pretty easy so it was very enjoyable for gamers like myself who aren't very good and won't spend the time if it's too hard.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters155 reviews
Graphics51 reviews
Gameplay44 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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 $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.39.

4 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
99%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
12
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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