Buy it if you like
- Story: 95 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Performance: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 296 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 160 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
95 of 160 sampled reviews raised it
Closer the Distance is an excellent narrative game that kept me enthralled from beginning to end.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 160 sampled reviews raised it
Its thought-provoking gameplay had a profound impact on me, despite the immense performance issues I experienced.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
24 of 160 sampled reviews raised it
For what it's worth, the graphics and the sound design is nice but games like these depend on the writing and the atmosphere; this game just does not have it.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 160 sampled reviews raised it
You can play either in windowed (with many screen resolution options) or full screen mode as well as choose anywhere from low to high graphics settings.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story95 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters100% still recommend
Difficulty100% still recommend
Players complain
Performance100% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- DualSense Controller Support
- DualShock Controller Support
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$19.99
The lowest we've tracked is $6.79.
5 points recordedtoday · $19.99
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