Paragnosia

Paragnosia

Steam Deck Playable

Sine Coda · Psychological Horror · Oct 24, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

90%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k 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
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is fun and makes you constantly second guess yourself on whether that book was there or not.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It may be a skill issue, but after playing for 3 hours as of writing this, I’ve yet to beat a single night.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I would've liked more graphics options to tweak performance further.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
- Great stages of the game, balances difficulty pretty well throughout the gameplay (and on the second mode you unlock)
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The minimal sound design also helps, with some anomalies producing subtle noises and others remaining completely silent.
9 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 love5 themes
Gameplay33 reviews
Story and characters20 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance7 reviews
57%
Optimization6 reviews
33%
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. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
6
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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