Little Orpheus

Little Orpheus

Steam Deck Playable

The Chinese Room · Walking Simulator · Sep 13, 2022

It depends on what you're after.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

68%
Mixed
667 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 175 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 667 player reviews · updated 5 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
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Gameplay isn't the reason why you should be playing 'Little Orpheus,' you should be playing for the story and obviously the atmosphere.
175 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Seeing a very well modelled cartoonish rocket pan in and out of view as you slowly walk past it is NOT how you make an engaging 2D art style.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Good voice acting, but the subtitles didn’t always match the dialogue and bugs.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It runs fairly well on the steam deck.
10 of 300 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 love4 themes
Story and characters175 reviews
Graphics68 reviews
Audio39 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay81 reviews
59%
Difficulty13 reviews
69%
Interface7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs27 reviews
56%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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