Buy it if you like
- Story: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Characters: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 617 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 praise38% are divided12% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
160 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Emotion plays a huge part in the story, and the developers managed to keep that apparent to the player at all times.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Fascinating character study and relatively unique, both in what it tries to do and especially what it is about.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With it's simplistic visuals and interactive fiction type gameplay, Actual Sunlight is a pleasure to look at, whilst it's dark and sombre story is counteracting it's visuals.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is haunting and atmospheric, perfectly complementing the tone of the game and immersing players in Evan's world.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story160 reviews
Characters20 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface33% still recommend
Controls100% still recommend
Combat100% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay71% 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
- Captions available
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Full price
$4.99
We haven't seen it on sale yet.
3 points recordedtoday · $4.99
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