It Stares Back

It Stares Back

Steam Deck · unrated

Light Arc Studio Ltd · Strategy · Jun 25, 2019

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

93%
Very Positive
92 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 73 sampled reviews

Based on 92 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 73 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Voice acting is entertaining, if I'm not mistaken the lady who sings some of the music is also one of the characters.
33 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It's got the absolute best sound design, it's tremendously immersive and the guy with the funny head has some great voice acting.
32 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay itself is great fun, combining the most relevant aspects of macromanagement from RTS with the larger-scale map.
24 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Not to mention the fantastic visuals, that while sometimes have too much going on with the several screen effects and stuff.
19 of 73 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 characters33 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Gameplay24 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat3 reviews
100%
Interface3 reviews
100%
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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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