Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 117 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 801 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
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
117 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
That along with the sandbox mode I think £16 is a very good price.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
My favorite aspect is the quirky dialogue, writing and story, and the design of the different units is cute as well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I could go on and on - the cleverness of the descriptions associated with various hosts, the spectacularly free-form puzzles and sense of accomplishment associated with progression, the on-the-nose-but-somehow-not-derivative retrofuturistic style, the clean and legible graphics, etc, but I'll close with this: Ctrl Alt Ego is an exemplar of the imsim genre.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Really reminded me of listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series as a kid (the voice acting is good and remarkably similar to some of those HGTTG voices).
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It performed very well on my PC staying consistent at 180FPS with almost no frame drops or stutters running at 1440p with DLDSR (I have an RTX 3070 and a Ryzen 7 5700x.) The ending was a bit dull especially with the buildup in the last level though.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay117 reviews
Story75 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters60% still recommend
Accessibility100% still recommend
Steam Deck100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty84% still recommend
Combat79% still recommend
Bugs83% still recommend
Interface78% 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
- Full controller support
Store features
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Adjustable Text Size
- Camera Comfort
- Captions available
- Family Sharing
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
- Steam Achievements
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Lowest ever recorded
$7.99$19.99−60%
That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
7 points recordedtoday · $7.99
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