The Detail

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 682 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Rival Games Ltd · Adventure · Oct 28, 2014

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$2.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
55
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy The Detail?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 191 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Audio: 47 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 682 player reviews · updated

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
44% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews56% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
191 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In short, it's a semi-interesting, semi-enjoyable visual novel with a solid noir feel and a decent enough story.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style is beautiful, some of the art is really beautiful and striking - and some of it seems really amateur, along with the animation, but it all builds the atmosphere amazingly.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you like noir mystery visual novels with simple gameplay and complicated plots, this might be for you.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The artwork is high quality, every character design is distinguishable one from another.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story191 reviews
Graphics67 reviews
Gameplay61 reviews
Characters10 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Audio
72% still recommend
Bugs
60% still recommend
Interface
54% still recommend
Crashes
63% still recommend
Controls
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$2.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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