This Way Madness Lies

This Way Madness Lies

Steam Deck Playable

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC · JRPG · Nov 10, 2022

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.39.

87%
Very Positive
191 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 165 sampled reviews

Based on 191 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 165 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And the writing is extremely clever and funny.
84 of 165 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you're more gameplay-minded than story-focused, and if you like at least two of the major themes involved (magical girls, lovecraftian horror, Shakespeare), I absolutely think it's worth playing.
37 of 165 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Get the soundtrack, it sounds really nice to listen to separately.
23 of 165 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are handmade sprites- and they are really well made, but outside of the main characters they don't really feel unique for some reason?
20 of 165 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 characters84 reviews
Gameplay37 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat60 reviews
83%
Difficulty37 reviews
89%
Interface12 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.39.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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