Our Darker Purpose

Buy82%

Very Positive · 743 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Avidly Wild Games · Indie · Jan 29, 2014

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
64
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Our Darker Purpose?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 143 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 38 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 743 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
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
143 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay of this game is increadibly fun and while it's difficulty can be frustrating at times, like many games in the rougelike/rougelite it's increadibly rewarding when you do finally manage to beat whatever you might have gotten stuck on before.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
As for the setting and story, the game again draws deep from its obvious influences but adds enough of its own spin that things never feel derivitave or cliched.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The design of the enemies/levels/rooms/hazards/bosses is such that there is a very smooth difficulty curve.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
One thing that drew me in was the art style shown in the previews, looking very dark and bleak.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The atmosphere of this game is increadibly compelling with an artstyle and soundtrack that while simple are quite compelling.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay143 reviews
Story80 reviews
Difficulty70 reviews
Graphics67 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
93% still recommend
Bugs
80% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
55% still recommend
Controls
65% still recommend
Interface
50% 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
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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