Dead Take

Dead Take

Steam Deck Verified

Surgent Studios · Horror · Jul 31, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $9.74.

88%
Very Positive
835 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 194 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 835 player reviews · updated 5 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
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If you are a Warframe fan it's also worth noting that Ben Starr (Arthur Nightingale) and Neil Newbon (Viktor Vodyanoi, but of course also Astarion Baldur's Gate 3) play the two main characters of the game, and do a FANTASTIC job with it.
194 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design, It was very straight forward, adding in the creepily eery feeling during the silence, yet drawing in the players attention with the ambiance.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Only thing I really saw that was 'Unreal' was the lighting, which WAS very good and very well placed, but such effects can still be very easily achieved in other engines if they're utilized properly.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
It incorporates some absolutely phenomenal use of FMV with great acting, the puzzles are satisfying and just the right difficulty, the narrative is great explaining just enough without giving you all of the answers, and the length is about perfect: meaty without overstaying its welcome.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
One thing I will suggest for the future is maybe better optimization - I had no frame drops or anything, but the game (visually) is not where it should be for the strain it did still put on my system.
11 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 love5 themes
Story and characters194 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Graphics34 reviews
Difficulty28 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay51 reviews
75%
Steam Deck7 reviews
100%
Optimization6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
67%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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