Slender Threads: Prologue

Slender Threads: Prologue

Steam Deck Playable

Blyts · Free to Play · Sep 15, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
519 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 299 sampled reviews

Based on 519 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 299 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise299 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
He’s hoping to learn more about the world of novel writing and what it means to become a successful novelist.
115 of 299 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
In lieu of that, I'll lean the other way: the quirky little town provides a great atmospheric backdrop for the mystery, the protag is personable and amusing, the dialogue and writing in general is clever and engaging, the voice acting is top-notch, the characters are fun and in their own oddball way quite believable, the art style and animation are both great, and the puzzles were interesting, not too easy, not too obtuse, and made sense in context.
56 of 299 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
In lieu of that, I'll lean the other way: the quirky little town provides a great atmospheric backdrop for the mystery, the protag is personable and amusing, the dialogue and writing in general is clever and engaging, the voice acting is top-notch, the characters are fun and in their own oddball way quite believable, the art style and animation are both great, and the puzzles were interesting, not too easy, not too obtuse, and made sense in context.
54 of 299 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
In lieu of that, I'll lean the other way: the quirky little town provides a great atmospheric backdrop for the mystery, the protag is personable and amusing, the dialogue and writing in general is clever and engaging, the voice acting is top-notch, the characters are fun and in their own oddball way quite believable, the art style and animation are both great, and the puzzles were interesting, not too easy, not too obtuse, and made sense in context.
13 of 299 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Menu and modes of interactions and discovery are all very easy to deal with; quite intuitive.
12 of 299 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay made sense and felt pretty intuitive.
8 of 299 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 characters115 reviews
Graphics56 reviews
Audio54 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Gameplay8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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