The Picture in The House

The Picture in The House

Steam Deck Playable

Dystopia Game Studio · Horror · Dec 30, 2020

It depends on what you're after.

It's free to play.

52%
Mixed
137 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 137 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 89 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
13% of themes are praise50% are divided37% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
In the end this was more of a loose adaptation of the original short novel, rather than a strict re-telling of the story, but it did have some nice touches to it and the atmosphere was decent.
27 of 89 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 love1 theme
Story and characters27 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics12 reviews
50%
Gameplay8 reviews
50%
Audio7 reviews
57%
Performance4 reviews
25%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
11%
Crashes5 reviews
20%
Interface4 reviews
0%

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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
52%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
5
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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