Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.
- Story and characters: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 881 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
It's a casual platformer where you help H.E.R.O. (literally, all characters are letters that came to life) find its way through simple yet intelligent word and arcade puzzles, all while avoiding monsters (like D.O.O.M. or F.E.A.R.) and unravelling a compelling story.
Gameplay - The Good
good art style that fits so well with puzzle mechanics (letters and words make up various parts of the environments; even the monsters are made up of words, like 'DOOM')
The world around reeks of dread but leaves the player in awe for hand drawn backgrounds and animations completed with immersive sound.
lacks keyboard customization; the interact keybinding is bound to spacebar and it feels awkward right (you move with the arrow keys, but with your other hand using the spacebar, you will instinctively jump with spacebar instead of the up arrow key, and die) - using a controller might be easier
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Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
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