Crit Verdict
Yes, worth playing.
You can't buy it on Steam right now.
94%
Very Positive
60k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 126 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 60k 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
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
With a seemingly never-ending flock of "retro" platformers hitting the Steam store these days, Ori and the Blind Forest takes the opposite route: a story-driven adventure with stunning visuals, a bewitching atmosphere and some pretty mad feels.
126 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
With a seemingly never-ending flock of "retro" platformers hitting the Steam store these days, Ori and the Blind Forest takes the opposite route: a story-driven adventure with stunning visuals, a bewitching atmosphere and some pretty mad feels.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is everything you could possibly wish for: tight and responsive, with top-notch level design and an increasing number of mechanisms to master as you progress, in pure Metroidvania fashion.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The art, the characters and their animations, the lighting and the splendid instrumental music score will instantaneously create a deep feeling of immersion.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I highly suggest you play this game with a gamepad.
19 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 love5 themes
Story and characters126 reviews
Graphics92 reviews
Gameplay91 reviews
Audio68 reviews
Controls19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty33 reviews
94%
Bugs15 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat21 reviews
86%
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. 4 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
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yetWe’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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