Dreamfall Chapters

Dreamfall Chapters

Steam Deck Playable

Red Thread Games · Adventure · Jul 21, 2017

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.24.

82%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 231 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k 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
30% of themes are praise50% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
TL;DR: The ending, especially the epilogue, is an emotional and satisfying send-off to the whole series but most of the game itself is a massive downgrade compared to the other excellent games in this series.
231 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are good but optimization sucks.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Mostly to SUPERB voice acting.
38 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 characters231 reviews
Graphics72 reviews
Audio38 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay65 reviews
77%
Combat11 reviews
91%
Interface10 reviews
80%
Optimization6 reviews
67%
Controls6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs10 reviews
60%
Difficulty7 reviews
57%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $6.24 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $6.24

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
59
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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