Lies of P

Lies of P

Steam Deck Playable

NEOWIZ · Souls-like · Sep 18, 2023

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $29.99.

92%
Very Positive
81k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 199 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 81k player reviews · updated 2 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
78% of themes are praise22% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- Beautiful graphics & environments that tell a story about the world
199 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Solid amount of content & progression (~50 hours for me to 100% base game)
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Great music, voice acting, general sound design
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Beautiful graphics & environments that tell a story about the world
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
- Well optimized performance
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The plot is interesting, the visuals are nice, the game runs well (getting between 160 and 220 FPS at 3440xx1440 with a 9800X3D and a 4080 Super, max settings, DLSS off), but that's it.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters199 reviews
Gameplay94 reviews
Audio58 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Optimization18 reviews
Performance18 reviews
Interface11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat177 reviews
88%
Difficulty73 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $29.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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