Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.49.
- Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 1k 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.
The minimalist art style is instantly recognizable, marked by clean lines and vibrant colors that create a calming visual atmosphere, while a soothing original soundtrack accompanies the experience, enhancing its meditative quality.
It will take me too long to explain the intricacies of this game, either take a look at one of my videos (https://youtu.be/56vroBwZ91w), or take my 200 hours (with many more to come) as a testament to the depth and replayability of this game.
The minimalist art style is instantly recognizable, marked by clean lines and vibrant colors that create a calming visual atmosphere, while a soothing original soundtrack accompanies the experience, enhancing its meditative quality.
For Steam Deck owners, it plays really well!
So what I am writing in a long winding way is, while I enjoyed New Shores, its also felt a bit lackluster and became repetitive quite quickly, as you literally already played the exact same game before.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
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.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $6.49 (−35%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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