The Rise of the Golden Idol

Buy93%

Very Positive · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS

Color Gray Games · Mystery · Nov 12, 2024

Player review score
93%
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
46
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio1 of 12
Subtitles12 of 12

Should I buy The Rise of the Golden Idol?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 146 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Steam Deck: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k 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
46% of themes are praise18% are divided36% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
146 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It had a unique visual style, really fun plot that gradually revealed itself through your investigations and even the later DLCs were a great addition to the game, providing a solid prequel to the invents in the main game.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game did give me 9 hours of puzzles, though at a hefty price for that much gameplay.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style IS fantastic, but seems as if a lot was done with AI, and then someone forgot to double check everything.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The puzzles are still fantastic, with just the right level of difficulty, the stories and situations are still macabre and unnerving and how the story was going to conclude kept me guessing all the way through to the end.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack in particular this time around is incredibly good and memorable, where in the first game it was just a good fit for the game.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story146 reviews
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics41 reviews
Difficulty21 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
100% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
82% still recommend
Optimization
80% still recommend
Steam Deck
40% still recommend
Controls
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
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $13.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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