The Watchers

The Watchers

Steam Deck Playable

Straight Back Games · Indie · Feb 6, 2020

Worth it for the right player.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $2.49.

74%
Mostly Positive
545 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 545 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 182 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
2) Please fix the connection issue for Co-Op games lol.
30 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
After that it ran flawless, great game, amazing ending, super fun. 15/10 for sure.
12 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The multiplayer lobby is broken however and the only way to join each other is by creating a lobby then inviting a friend through steam. they can find the lobby but not join themselves.
5 of 182 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 love3 themes
Co-op30 reviews
Story and characters12 reviews
Multiplayer5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay5 reviews
100%
Servers and matchmaking4 reviews
100%
Audio4 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs6 reviews
50%
Crashes5 reviews
80%

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

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
15
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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