Pages of Time: Prologue

Pages of Time: Prologue

Steam Deck Playable

Starbeings Studio · Adventure · Nov 24, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 95 sampled reviews

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 95 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The graphics were really nice, the art was the best selling part of the game, the characters were able to express their personalities despite the shortness of the game.
23 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Both the background music and graphics and art are all so beautiful and i find the sprites all so so cute. the lore and poems were all rather uniquely enjoyable.
20 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
On the other hand, it would have been real cool if there were settings to adjust gameplay language (i wanted to play in cn even if my steam is in en) and audio.
8 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
translation soon, though (i think there isn't one yet as the dialogue feels a little weird like i said.) one small thing i feel is unfortunate is that you automatically interact with objects/characters, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but i wish i could inspect things myself or talk to characters again if they stay in the screen (would be nicer for characterization + adding a feel of the game). this isn't needed though, and i find the simple style of the game very charming. parts of it remind me of gris, so if anyone likes that game, you might like this one too. the puzzles themselves are just the right level of difficulty, invoking you to think how to solve them without it getting frustrating. some people might find them much easier, though. i'm not fully done playing through but again, very cute game, story/setup is interesting and the characters have great designs. base soundtrack is a bit repetitive, but it isn't bad by any means. still wish there was a little bit of change, though.
6 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
translation soon, though (i think there isn't one yet as the dialogue feels a little weird like i said.) one small thing i feel is unfortunate is that you automatically interact with objects/characters, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but i wish i could inspect things myself or talk to characters again if they stay in the screen (would be nicer for characterization + adding a feel of the game). this isn't needed though, and i find the simple style of the game very charming. parts of it remind me of gris, so if anyone likes that game, you might like this one too. the puzzles themselves are just the right level of difficulty, invoking you to think how to solve them without it getting frustrating. some people might find them much easier, though. i'm not fully done playing through but again, very cute game, story/setup is interesting and the characters have great designs. base soundtrack is a bit repetitive, but it isn't bad by any means. still wish there was a little bit of change, though.
6 of 95 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 characters23 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Gameplay8 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Optimization4 reviews
75%
Performance3 reviews
100%
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.

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
2
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Average playtime
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