Worth it for the right player.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $4.99.
- Story and characters: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 150 sampled reviews
Based on 211 player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 150 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
A Shot in the Dark is a visual novel with 3D renderings that starts with the classic story of the main character entering college going to parties and meeting a variety of sexy college girls, but is enriched by a variety of choices to make that personalize your experience and a story with a little mystery that intrigues you and leaves you wanting more.
As for the graphics of the game these are of excellent quality with detailed renderings of characters and backgrounds and also have a variety of characters with different aspects of both body and face with realistic facial expressions and pleasing to the eye, the game has no graphical glitches or grainy or some kind of visual noise so you can see the perfection at all times.
No audio and limited motion, there is an option to replay each mini scene within the scene though. 1 scene with 1 model in chapter 4 did have voice audio which was a nice touch, hopefully this will be built on.
The plot is enriched by a series of choices that impact not only the romances but also the development of the story, significantly increasing the replayability factor.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
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.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.
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