Lost in Play

Lost in Play

Steam Deck Verified

Happy Juice Games · Puzzle · Aug 10, 2022

Yes, worth buying.

On sale at $19.24, but it has been as low as $4.99.

98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 129 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 9k 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It even motivated me to finally put some writing down for what I can only hope will turn into my own little game/visual novel one day.
129 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game plays very well and I especially loved the graphics and animations.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay-wise the game is very far from point & click adventure classics, since the puzzles often take the form of mini-games or small interactions with single objects, and the inventory rarelys gets filled to the limit.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
I found the difficulty to be perfectly balanced, it was neither too difficult, nor too easy.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The best part about the game is for sure the atmosphere, helped by the well-composed soundtrack and the absolutely great art that supports its presentation from start to finish, plus some stylistic choices (such as the entire game being dubbed via a gibberish language) that I qucikly began to associate to this game specifically as I played it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Gameplay-wise the game is very far from point & click adventure classics, since the puzzles often take the form of mini-games or small interactions with single objects, and the inventory rarelys gets filled to the limit.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters129 reviews
Graphics74 reviews
Gameplay47 reviews
Difficulty39 reviews
Audio34 reviews
Interface15 reviews
Controls14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

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.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $19.24 (−21%). The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.24

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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