Fading Afternoon

Buy81%

Very Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

yeo · Side Scroller · Sep 15, 2023

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
17
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio0 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Fading Afternoon?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 245 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise42% are divided8% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
64 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
The characters and story themselves are somewhat sparse, but believable and portrayed well.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
59 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
The combat controls are pretty nuanced, but you can get pretty far by just button-mashing and accidentally discovering combos.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
50 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
It's worth playing this game just to stare at the artwork and listen to the music, but the core gameplay is also very engaging.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
This is the best game soundtrack I've heard in a long time, and it eases the pain of the games' repetitious mechanics.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
It's easy enough to see from the screenshots that the visuals are just gorgeous.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 245 sampled reviews raised it
Also, the difficulty increasing as Seiji gets progressively ill is a clever way to raise the stakes.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story64 reviews
Combat59 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
80% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Controls
67% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
64% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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