Split Fiction

Split Fiction

Steam Deck Verified

Hazelight Studios · Co-op · Mar 6, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $32.49.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
125k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 171 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 128 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 125k player reviews · updated 5 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
70% of themes are praise20% are divided10% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story isn’t anything groundbreaking, pretty standard, to be honest, but it still managed to make me feel a connection with both main characters.
171 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
And of course, the gameplay doesn't come in to save the day.
128 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I highly reccomend playing it all through, the split screen in the last chapter is something you will have never experienced bevore.
113 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It feels like the story was only added as an extra, while the focus was only on graphics and mechanics.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
These flaws hold the game short of its potential, but ultimately it all clicks in the last third, where the difficulty finally gets where it should be, the levels combine all the gimmicks you've slowly been taught, and the story beats, even if predictable, land because they're timeless rather than timeworn, and supported by excellent art, music, and voice acting.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Sometimes you could feel, that it is optimized for controller, but I guess it just added to the challenge :)
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters171 reviews
Gameplay128 reviews
Co-op113 reviews
Graphics63 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Optimization10 reviews
Performance8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty20 reviews
75%
Bugs8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes6 reviews
50%

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. 2 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $32.49 (−35%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $32.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
20
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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