The Persistence

Wait67%

Mixed · 165 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Firesprite Ltd · Horror · May 21, 2020

Player review score
67%
Mixed
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
43
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
18
Full audio1 of 18
Subtitles18 of 18

Should I buy The Persistence?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 165 player reviews · updated

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
63% of themes are praise86 helpful reviews37% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
21 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
There's a lot of resource collection/management and lots of equipment and genetic upgrade trees to level up, and exploration involves quite a bit of sneaking and some slow-ish paced, deliberate combat - this definitely isn't a run 'n' gun action game, much more like an immersive sim.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
The Enhanced version simply has the best lighting and shadows of any VR game, not even Alyx comes close.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
10 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are pretty good, but the atmosphere, enemies, environments, combat, stealth, and sound design are all perfect.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
8 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
I found the campaign to be well-balanced; it often took various attempts to get through each level, but the game fortunately saved major accomplishments as you went through the level, so you never had to replay too much of the current level.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
4 of 86 sampled reviews raised it
I really like the graphics, the voice acting is good and the game itself is very intense with occasional, 'quality jump scares'.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay21 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Combat10 reviews
Story8 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Controls
72% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • VR Supported

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$29.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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