Riviera: The Promised Land

Riviera: The Promised Land

Steam Deck Playable

Sting · RPG · Jul 16, 2024

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

It's at its lowest recorded price, $17.49.

91%
Very Positive
98 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 70 sampled reviews

Based on 98 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 70 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game isn't all that difficult, the main features are interacting with the characters through dialogue choices and the relatively unique for its time idea of "level ups" and gaining abilities through grinding out items.
22 of 70 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ Great soundtrack
12 of 70 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Riviera’s gameplay diverges strongly from traditional role-playing norms.
9 of 70 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Unlike Yggdra Union, the difficulty in this game is much more forgiving and has an easier curve to most people.
6 of 70 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 love4 themes
Story and characters22 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Gameplay9 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat10 reviews
80%
Interface7 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $17.49 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $17.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
31
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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