Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

Steam Deck Playable

Pieces Interactive · Psychological Horror · Mar 20, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $13.19.

78%
Mostly Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 215 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 140 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 69 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 2 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
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It has an interesting story, with some good voice-actors, beautiful environments and lots of Lovecraft lore to tickle my fancy.
215 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Recommended to set volumetric lighting down from cinematic.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice-acting is pretty good though, although it becomes clear that they all were reading their lines alone in a booth, and never actually recorded dialogue between 2 real people.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It's also definitely better played with KB+M than Controller during the combat sections.
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 characters215 reviews
Graphics69 reviews
Audio56 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay81 reviews
83%
Optimization18 reviews
44%
Interface7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat140 reviews
74%
Performance69 reviews
62%
Bugs37 reviews
65%
Difficulty35 reviews
77%
Crashes11 reviews
73%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $13.19 (−67%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $13.19

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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