Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Steam Deck Playable

David Szymanski · Horror · Mar 10, 2022

Yes, worth buying.

At $7.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

92%
Very Positive
11k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 11k 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
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Almost definitely not worth playing full price for. $8 isn't very much for today's indie games, but for one that only has about an hour of time to your first playthrough and very limited replayability, it's kind of overpriced.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And yes, if you lack spatial awareness like a certain someone writing these words, this becomes its own little nightmare.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound design carries much of the emotional weight.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Throughout my many years of gaming, I’ve always been obsessed with the games of old that represented at least a small part of my childhood, a well of creativity from the older Playstation-era of crunchy graphics.
21 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
Gameplay78 reviews
Story and characters64 reviews
Audio33 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Crashes15 reviews
93%
Interface6 reviews
83%
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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
7
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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