Buy it if you like
- Story: 219 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 796 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
219 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In short, the outstanding graphical and aural presentation of Cinders very much compliments the wonderful narrative of this great visual novel.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Visually, this title is beautiful with a palette of bright colors and fantastic lighting that also compliments the gorgeous artstyle which I'm happy to report is not anime inspired considering that most of the visual novels that I've read on Steam to date have been.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Speaking of sound, the original soundtrack by Rob Westwood is absolutely fantastic in this visual novel.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This use of animation on normally still objects like this really serves well to immerse you within the story so my compliments to the developers for applying this terrific mechanic to the V.N..
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
-The gorgeous art style that has so much detail within every background and the character design
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The U.I. in this title is also quite impressive whether you're selecting choices in game or options in the menu screens.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story219 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio44 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Characters22 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
No recurring complaints in this sample.
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
Valve device support
Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Full price
$19.99
We haven't seen it on sale yet.
3 points recordedtoday · $19.99
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