Slender: The Arrival

Buy88%

Very Positive · 9k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Blue Isle Studios · Horror · Oct 28, 2013

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
21
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Slender: The Arrival?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated

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
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Yes, the graphics are absolutely astonishing, and for 10 GB is really surprising; usually game remakes are always AT LEAST 50 GB OR SOMETHING.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The way that the story is written and that the game lets you connect the puzzle together with scrapbooks and exploration is absolutely amazing.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sparse storytelling complements the gameplay by feeding into the feeling of isolation and uncertainty, allowing players to project their own fears onto the situation.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I also want to absolutely appreciate the sound design for this game.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics57 reviews
Story54 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
100% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
58% still recommend
Multiplayer
67% still recommend
Performance
71% still recommend
Optimization
33% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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