The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare

The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare

Steam Deck Playable

Trinity Team · Free to Play · Oct 14, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

85%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 49 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 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
33% of themes are praise22% are divided45% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Graphics are ok though and overall it seems like a decent story driven action adventure.
116 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Firstly, the graphics are gorgeous, though because my PC doesn't meet the graphic card minimum, I'd to play this at the lowest graphic settings.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Each "map" through the story progression felt new and exciting.
46 of 300 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 love3 themes
Story and characters116 reviews
Graphics71 reviews
Gameplay46 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Audio32 reviews
72%
Controls12 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat49 reviews
76%
Difficulty13 reviews
77%
Performance8 reviews
38%
Bugs7 reviews
29%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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