Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $11.99.
- Story and characters: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 161 sampled reviews
Based on 239 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 161 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
What Near-Mage turned out to be, as some other reviewers pointed out, was more of a visual novel with point-and-click elements, puzzles are replaced by specific quest goals (which are linear and handholdy) which can be resolved magically or non-magically.
While the art style, animations and voice acting are all superior to Gibbous, the core gameplay is essentially a linear railroad from which you can't really deviate.
While the art style, animations and voice acting are all superior to Gibbous, the core gameplay is essentially a linear railroad from which you can't really deviate.
There are only a few things I really pay attention to in adventure games: the story, the atmosphere (not necessarily tied to graphics), voice acting, and how the gameplay ties into puzzles and storytelling.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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.
Currently $11.99 (−40%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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