The Persistence

The Persistence

Steam Deck · unrated

Firesprite Ltd · Horror · May 21, 2020

It depends on what you're after.

At $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

67%
Mixed
166 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Controls: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 166 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 86 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are caveats
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
You have to use a gamepad if you play in VR.
21 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The Enhanced version simply has the best lighting and shadows of any VR game, not even Alyx comes close.
15 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
This game would benefit a great deal if motion controls schemes used in most modern FPS shooters were applied here
7 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting is pretty good too.
4 of 86 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
Controls21 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay15 reviews
73%
Story and characters10 reviews
70%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat13 reviews
85%
Crashes5 reviews
0%
Interface4 reviews
50%

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 $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
67%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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