Dolls Nest

Dolls Nest

Steam Deck Playable

NITRO PLUS · Mechs · Apr 23, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $15.99.

88%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 169 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 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
25% of themes are praise42% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
A lot of areas link back to the spawn area, with locked doors being unlocked later on to serve as shortcuts, and teleporters being unlocked to help bring you closer to your furthest progression points.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ Great voice acting!
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
This issue is "mostly" remedied if you play with a controller since you can just keep holding the direction, but then you have to play a shooting game with a controller.
9 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
Gameplay76 reviews
Audio36 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters95 reviews
96%
Difficulty59 reviews
98%
Graphics35 reviews
83%
Optimization27 reviews
89%
Steam Deck6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat169 reviews
86%
Performance27 reviews
89%
Crashes14 reviews
86%
Bugs6 reviews
100%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $15.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
29
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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