Wretched Depths

Wretched Depths

Steam Deck Playable

Wretched Devs LLC · Horror · Apr 26, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
564 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 564 player reviews · updated 6 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
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The ambient sound when bait is cast into the water further enhances the experience.Although the game attempts to convey a captivating narrative, it is currently difficult to fully grasp the storyline based on the available information.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
there are a lot of flaws here. initially i said to give it a shot because it seems interesting, but after playing for about 30 minutes ive realized it's just not very well designed in any way other than some of the retro graphics. it's basically a carbon copy of "mysteries under lake ophelia", and while the aesthetics in wretched depths are probably much better than the n64 style of lake ophelia, the gameplay in ophelia is essentially better in every way. if you like retro fishing games, or fishing horror, i would encourage you to try both of these titles, but wretched depths failed to "hook" me.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
there are a lot of flaws here. initially i said to give it a shot because it seems interesting, but after playing for about 30 minutes ive realized it's just not very well designed in any way other than some of the retro graphics. it's basically a carbon copy of "mysteries under lake ophelia", and while the aesthetics in wretched depths are probably much better than the n64 style of lake ophelia, the gameplay in ophelia is essentially better in every way. if you like retro fishing games, or fishing horror, i would encourage you to try both of these titles, but wretched depths failed to "hook" me.
29 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 love3 themes
Story and characters58 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface10 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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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