Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.
- Story and characters: 231 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 1k 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.
The narrative touches on some quite heavy subject matter and gets increasingly dark and mysterious as the player advances through the game.
The soundtrack has a good amount of variety while maintaining a level of consistency that makes it feel cohesive and suited to the game’s storyline and gameplay.
Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut is presented in beautiful pixel art with atmospheric and often moody lighting, the colour palette favours muted and darker colours, with selective pops of vibrancy.
The soundtrack has a good amount of variety while maintaining a level of consistency that makes it feel cohesive and suited to the game’s storyline and gameplay.
The puzzles were pretty cool and not too hard to figure it out (I really like the poem one, it was really creative), though I had to look up some guide due to being stuck in some parts to progress the story.
It's just a very well-rounded little point & click microcosm that incidentally plays very well with a controller (and on Steam Deck), too.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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