Blackbay Asylum

Blackbay Asylum

Steam Deck · unrated

TAD Productions AB · Adventure · Aug 1, 2014

It depends on what you're after.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

56%
Mixed
547 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 547 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 288 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise29% are divided28% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The puzzles are not too hard at all and story is pretty cool, very Lovecraft.
60 of 288 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Simple fun adventure/horror gameplay.
24 of 288 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The puzzles are not too hard at all and story is pretty cool, very Lovecraft.
7 of 288 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 characters60 reviews
Gameplay24 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics49 reviews
84%
Audio11 reviews
91%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance46 reviews
15%
Bugs9 reviews
78%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
56%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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