Crit Verdict
Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
96%
Very Positive
77 player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 62 sampled reviews
Based on 77 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 62 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story is a little silly and the whole affair feels like an early 2000's forum chat inside-joke fest, but the mechanics are incredibly solid and the gameplay is ludicrously fun.
15 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Story is a little silly and the whole affair feels like an early 2000's forum chat inside-joke fest, but the mechanics are incredibly solid and the gameplay is ludicrously fun.
13 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style and tone is very charming.
11 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
They made a retro fps game specifically for me, it's badass and i loove all the characters, the artstyle is great of course, that goes without saying, i could 100% see Project Abstentia being like a webcomic or a flash cartoon series, the gunplay at least from what i've played is wonderful and fun, i love the Rainbowizer specifically and the Boomstick, it's as if someone took all the things i like and all the aesthetics and art i enjoy and put them in a videogame from one of my favorite genres, game surprised me a lot with introducing new enemies but even on hard mode i was still able to figure out the trick to killing all of them, every enemy is weak and resistant to specific weapons and that's very fun, i love how many things this wears on it's sleeves as inspirations, the dialogue and voice acting is great specially with Gianni in the mix, Absentia's fun and cute and badass, she's soooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gay i love her.
10 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
They made a retro fps game specifically for me, it's badass and i loove all the characters, the artstyle is great of course, that goes without saying, i could 100% see Project Abstentia being like a webcomic or a flash cartoon series, the gunplay at least from what i've played is wonderful and fun, i love the Rainbowizer specifically and the Boomstick, it's as if someone took all the things i like and all the aesthetics and art i enjoy and put them in a videogame from one of my favorite genres, game surprised me a lot with introducing new enemies but even on hard mode i was still able to figure out the trick to killing all of them, every enemy is weak and resistant to specific weapons and that's very fun, i love how many things this wears on it's sleeves as inspirations, the dialogue and voice acting is great specially with Gianni in the mix, Absentia's fun and cute and badass, she's soooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gay i love her.
7 of 62 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Easy recommend for any old-school FPS fans.
6 of 62 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 love6 themes
Story and characters15 reviews
Gameplay13 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Performance6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat18 reviews
100%
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.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Full price
Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
3 points recordedtoday · $19.99
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
96%
Very Positive
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