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Steam Deck Playable

MindThunk · Immersive Sim · Jul 22, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $7.99.

92%
Very Positive
791 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 791 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
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The campaign took me about 15 hours to complete on my first play through (on moderate mode.)
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
For the price I was expecting some fairly simplistic and janky im-sim gameplay, I was pleasantly surprised, so pleasant in fact that I almost nutted my pants.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Music, sound effects and level design were all amazing.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The main menu is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ simple, 5 blocks - New Game, Load, Settings, Exit and Credits.
9 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 characters88 reviews
Gameplay63 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics30 reviews
77%
Performance11 reviews
91%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty28 reviews
82%
Combat26 reviews
81%
Bugs17 reviews
88%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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