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Steam Deck Verified

Playdead · 2.5D · Jul 7, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.49.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
75k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 137 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 75k player reviews · updated 2 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
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The alternate ending further confirms this by suggesting that we (and perhaps the other "fully conscious" people) are inside the blob's psychic influence the entire time OR serves as a reminder that we are playing inside a videogame.
137 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are a solid 10/10.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is smooth and intuitive, with physics-based puzzles that are challenging without ever feeling unfair.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The graphics, sound design, and atmosphere are outstanding.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Inside looks amazing on OLEDs, especially my G9 OLED and Steam Deck.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
As for the gameplay, it's just like Limbo: your controller has two buttons, and you're controlling a young boy, so there's not many variables to contend with, meaning the puzzles are generally not too hard.
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters137 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Audio49 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty20 reviews
95%
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. 2 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 $2.49 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
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