Yes, worth buying.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.99.
- Story and characters: 135 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 7k 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.
Spirit of the North tells an extremely spiritual, but also emotional story without words, a.k.a visual narration.
the graphics are absolutely stunning, for my taste. so raw looking, empty, but still fufilling, is a perfect mix id say. the animation of the fox is awesome aswell, as for the barking like a dog.. i didnt really mind. as far as i know, it is very difficult to capture fox noises in a studio setting. foxes make over 40 different sounds, one more weird than the other, and they dont make them on demand. there are many videos and audio clips of fox noises out there but none of studio quality. if i remember right, the bark used in the game is a heavily modified coyote bark to resemble a fox bark.
(2) relaxing and slow-paced gameplay
The orchestral/piano soundtrack is pretty, atmospheric, overall somewhat melancholic and mournful, though at times also uplifting and soaring.
The puzzles are well-designed, offering a gradual increase in difficulty without becoming overly frustrating.
I played the entire game on my Steam Deck, which made the experience both better and worse.
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