Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

Steam Deck Unsupported

Hothead Games · RPG

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

89%
Very Positive
536 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 536 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
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The atmosphere is odd, but pleasing to look at, and the writing is well done.
116 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is great and the story parodies HP Lovecraft themes as well as has it's own style in that it merges the early teens to thirties Lovecraftian times with a just right pinch of steampunk; pulled off so well that I, as someone who gags at having steampunk genre things forced at me constantly, actually enjoyed the elements of the genre in this game.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is charming and fits the atmosphere of the game perfectly.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound- Music is nicely done but does not really stand out and the game sound effects work well but are fairly standard.
7 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 love4 themes
Story and characters116 reviews
Gameplay58 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat79 reviews
82%
Difficulty15 reviews
93%
Controls8 reviews
50%
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. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
12
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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