Beat Around The Bush

Beat Around The Bush

Steam Deck · unrated

JustJeff · Casual · Feb 8, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

89%
Very Positive
701 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 701 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
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If you love deep story games (or honestly, just having fun in general), you NEED to play this.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Game wouldn't even let me play, the settings wouldn't let me switch ANYTHING as they would immediately switch back to what they were before i opened the menu as soon as I closed it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It’s lo-fi, the animations are intentionally "wobbly," and the sound design consists of charming, mouth-made noises and acoustic plucking.
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 love3 themes
Story and characters25 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay14 reviews
64%
Graphics12 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes7 reviews
57%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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