The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

Steam Deck Verified

Daedalic Entertainment · Adventure · Jun 22, 2012

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

87%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 223 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a part of ''The Dark Eye Universe'' and is one of the two point & click adventure games in that universe, preceding and directly linked to the story in Memoria.
223 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Beautiful music and good sound effects
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
To top it all off, the art style is just beautiful.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay and mechanics are solid.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Using the mouse scroll wheel to cycle through your inventory items (with an on-screen item icon next to your cursor) really makes you efficient and certainly helps when you resort to the always classic “try everything with everything” method!
25 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 love5 themes
Story and characters223 reviews
Audio82 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Gameplay37 reviews
Interface25 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty30 reviews
87%
Performance6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs13 reviews
85%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

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 $1.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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