He Needs His Medicine

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Euphoric Bros · Free to Play · Apr 14, 2021

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
8
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio1 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy He Needs His Medicine?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k 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
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its mixture of environmental investigation, ingredient experimentation, multiple endings, unusual characters, voice acting, dark humor, and surreal imagery creates something considerably stranger than its straightforward mechanics might suggest.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
He Needs His Medicine is a brief but memorable psychological horror experience that relies more on surrealism, uncomfortable imagery, and curiosity than on elaborate mechanics.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice acting also contributes to the presentation and helps give the characters more personality than might be expected from such a short project.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
That said, the graphics are quite well done; it's the only thing I consider decent in the game.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story66 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Graphics26 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Linux compatibility
100% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

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