Lake

Lake

Steam Deck Verified

Gamious · Relaxing · Sep 1, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $6.99.

87%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 227 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 6k player reviews · updated 3 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
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Humor and writing reflects visual style, comprised of a script that sounds like all the cut jokes from Pixar films run through a dad humor filter and baked into literal milquetoast.
227 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
✔️ I loved the 3D cartoon-y graphics of the game!
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice acting is okay but the clunky flow of dialogue and over the top pleasantries was less than ideal.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Loved my time in Providence Oaks so much, both in the OG game and in the DLC, that I immediately snagged them both in a HumbleBundle to play on my Steam Deck.
8 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 characters227 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Audio50 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay67 reviews
75%
Interface14 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs40 reviews
65%
Crashes11 reviews
55%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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