Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $4.49.
- Story and characters: 103 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 139 sampled reviews
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 139 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
A Guidebook Of Babel is a relatively simple puzzle game with a strong emphasis on telling a complete story - the primary mechanic of "rewriting" elements in the world to change future events is interesting but left a bit to be desired in that most puzzles require only one of these, and the game will not let you rewrite anything but the correct object for any given quest.
While the gameplay doesn't rise to the difficulty, complexity, or immersion of other similar puzzle narratives, Babel's charming art style, character design, and sound design all leave a very positive impression.
While the gameplay doesn't rise to the difficulty, complexity, or immersion of other similar puzzle narratives, Babel's charming art style, character design, and sound design all leave a very positive impression.
While the gameplay doesn't rise to the difficulty, complexity, or immersion of other similar puzzle narratives, Babel's charming art style, character design, and sound design all leave a very positive impression.
While the gameplay doesn't rise to the difficulty, complexity, or immersion of other similar puzzle narratives, Babel's charming art style, character design, and sound design all leave a very positive impression.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
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.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.
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