Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening

Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening

Steam Deck Playable

Sapphire Dream Games · RPG · Feb 6, 2023

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

98%
Very Positive
180 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 180 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 139 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.
As of this writing it's free and better than 9/10 free games.
71 of 139 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ Extremely satisfying character progression and equipment variety.
18 of 139 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Outside of battles, Daybreak and the Vedim Space are also delightful to explore, with plenty of unique visuals to see and experience.
11 of 139 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The OST it is very cool, I hope the developers publish it somewhere.
9 of 139 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
It wouldve been nice to spend skill points from the pause menu, rather than at a sparse number of rest areas.
5 of 139 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 characters71 reviews
Gameplay18 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat26 reviews
96%
Difficulty9 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs3 reviews
67%

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

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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