The Shadow Over Cyberspace

The Shadow Over Cyberspace

Steam Deck · unrated

Fiction Factory Games · Visual Novel · Jan 10, 2025

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

It's free to play.

90%
Very Positive
116 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 93 sampled reviews

Based on 116 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 93 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
An absolutely wonderful experience unafraid to pull punches with its stellar writing.
49 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The retro visuals and audio are also quite well done, while still maintaining the accessibility and quality of life features you'd expect from a modern VN.
9 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Both visual and sound design complement the writing and maintain a consistent style that further builds the world and we absolutely LOVED it and really stands out from other visual novels.
4 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The game’s UI design is one of its strongest technical achievements because it treats the computer interface as part of the world rather than merely a menu system.
3 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Accessibility
Players who bring up Accessibility mostly praise it.
The game trusts players to engage with unconventional storytelling instead of flattening every mechanic into broad commercial accessibility.
3 of 93 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 love5 themes
Story and characters49 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Interface3 reviews
Accessibility3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay8 reviews
88%
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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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