Small Saga

Small Saga

Steam Deck Playable

Darya Noghani · RPG · Nov 16, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 254 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k 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.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You can 100% it in under 10 hours if you don't waste any time checking how NPC dialogue changes over time, so it might be a bit too short for some folks' preferences.
254 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Given that this is one indie that looks to quite the adventure, I'd wager many will be intrigued as to how the gameplay fares as far as its RPG mechanics.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Music: The soundtrack is amazing, certainly another highlight of the game.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It is also because of the mature themes that this indie explores here as, whilst it is by and large a colourful and endearing world from looking at the graphics alone, Small Saga tackles some sensitive topics that may come as rather unexpected for a title like this game here.
40 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 characters254 reviews
Gameplay67 reviews
Audio58 reviews
Graphics40 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat97 reviews
93%
Difficulty57 reviews
86%
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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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