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Steam Deck Playable

evilalbert · Detective · Feb 19, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $6.99. It has been as low as $3.49.

90%
Very Positive
226 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 184 sampled reviews

Based on 226 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 184 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story was interesting, and the mystery mechanics (HEAVILY inspired by Obra Dinn) worked reasonably well.
65 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Loved the graphics, gameplay and story.
15 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The "inventory" of knowledge was very useful and made the game much more playable, but needing to use the mouse to page through, and having to always cycle through one-way was annoying.
13 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
So, this game is easiest to compare to Return of the Obra-Dinn, because of the similar style and gameplay.
10 of 184 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 love4 themes
Story and characters65 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Interface13 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
89%
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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $6.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.49.

3 points recordedtoday · $6.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
4
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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