Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $15.99.
- Story and characters: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 41 sampled reviews
Based on 68 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 41 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
But I wanted to step outside my comfort zone a bit, and I thought, “This is sci-fi, it has aliens, and the story sounds cool...
In my experience, Causal Loop with the "Steam Deck" built-in graphics quality preset runs in 30 fps nearly flawlessly, without any upscaling, even with HDR turned on (I have OLED), and with default Proton.
Regarding the gameplay and the intertwined narrative: the pace is spot on, you get to solve some puzzles, which are actually pretty good, starting simple and increasing in difficulty the more you go on, with added mechanics, and then you get a bit of narrative, seamlessly integrated and never out of place.
Everything from the environments, puzzle design, voice acting, narrative, cryptic secrets, and overall incredible feel is truly something that you aren't going to find in many other puzzle games.
An awesome sci-fi puzzle game, with fair and rewarding difficulty.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $15.99.
The data behind the verdict
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