The Dire

The Dire

Steam Deck · unrated

Grumpi · Horror · Dec 8, 2023

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

82%
Very Positive
93 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 93 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 59 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise17% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The elements blended in of in depth deep atmosphere, story lore built up as you explore is a refreshing motivation to indulge and seek out the story.
16 of 59 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects are well done to make it so that you will likely realize that something is going on far after you got the feeling that something wasn't right and if you go back and try to figure out what point exactly it's obivous you'll find a bunch of little cues you didn't notice earlier.
8 of 59 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The sound design and atmosphere were very well put together and loved the mix up of gameplay in certain sections that caused me quick a good jumpscare.
3 of 59 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 characters16 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Gameplay3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics4 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Interface4 reviews
25%
Bugs3 reviews
33%

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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