Alisa

Buy89%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Casper Croes · Survival Horror · Oct 22, 2021

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$17.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
25
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio1 of 4
Subtitles4 of 4

Should I buy Alisa?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 112 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 54 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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
50% of themes are praise17% are divided33% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
112 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Alisa, however also has a few smart modernizations and even features from later resident evil titles that enhance rather than detract from the experience, including a basic but functional dodge mechanic, a surprisingly robust melee combat system and a streamlined inventory that removes the need to repeatedly backtrack to storage locations to retrieve key items.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
But it also has the gameplay to back those visuals up, and goes way beyond simply copying Resident Evil's design.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Despite these 2 major issues the game is beautiful, the map is fun to explore and to solve puzzles in, atmosphere is unique and gripping, music is fitting, and the story is enough to keep you interested.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The setting, the enemy design, even the weird voice acting - those aspects create this cool atmosphere similar to og RE1.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It nails the nostalgic graphics perfectly but that's as much credit as I can give it.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monster and character design are likewise great; the monsters all use that creepy old-timey toy-based aesthetic very well, and the enemies are varried enough that you're never quite sure what you're going to come up against next.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat112 reviews
Gameplay88 reviews
Story69 reviews
Audio61 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Controls
61% still recommend
Interface
59% still recommend
Bugs
73% 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

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$17.99

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $17.99

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