The Fall

The Fall

Steam Deck Playable

Over The Moon · Adventure · May 30, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

88%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 231 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 97 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

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
40% of themes are praise40% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
A story that is Interesting, intriguing, cliff hanger-ing, tragic, amusing and packing a nice twist.
231 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As I've written before, the controls aren't the most responsive, but in this case, it doesn't affect your playthrough, the gameplay here isn't based on the accuracy of you controlling the character, and jumping accurately between platforms and such, it's about solving the issues that ARID and you have to face.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music is mostly ambiental/background kind of music, while it's not bad at all, i believe it should've been made available for free (Unless, of course, the OST wasn't made by the devs themselves).
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
the sound work is fantastic and although the graphics are not terribly impressive, they do a very good job establishing the atmosphere.
31 of 300 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 characters231 reviews
Gameplay64 reviews
Audio63 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface32 reviews
53%
Controls30 reviews
67%
Crashes19 reviews
84%
Difficulty18 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat97 reviews
84%
Bugs13 reviews
62%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
17
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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