The Stone of Madness

Buy80%

Mostly Positive · 283 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

The Game Kitchen · Story Rich · Jan 28, 2025

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.89−67%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio2 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy The Stone of Madness?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 283 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 100 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
42 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
The free roam/open world aspect is definitely something I want more studios to pick up and expand on.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
42 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
The story is delivered through admittedly excellent animated cutscenes or dialogue that's incredibly stilted because the characters are speaking for the benefit of the player, not to each other.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
On the artistic side, graphics are simple but quite nice, but the story is lackluster.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
12 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
Playing on "story" focused difficulty didn't take away from the experience; and still made me think through the stealth situations and puzzles carefully.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
10 of 100 sampled reviews raised it
From nice piano pieces to lovely string arrangements, the whole soundtrack is expertly tied to the setting on screen.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay42 reviews
Story42 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
78% still recommend
Controls
71% still recommend
Characters
60% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
55% still recommend
Combat
80% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • Full controller support
  • Gamepad Recommended

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$9.89$29.99−67%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $9.89

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