Project Hailstorm

Project Hailstorm

Steam Deck · unrated

Imbrium · Walking Simulator · Feb 10, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

84%
Very Positive
699 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 699 player reviews · updated 4 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Oh and before I get to then end of this, seeing your point in how most games design the story after the game concepts, I think I'd be interested to see more in how a game develops through a script first before the game starts to envision.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The atmosphere is great and the graphics are really good as well, although at this point I don't know how much work is done by the engine out-of-the-box and how much work is done by the developer -- in general, I mean.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I liked the game, good graphics, good voice acting, but the game is very short and poorly optimized.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is simple, with basic puzzles and a linear story that’s engaging but not deeply complex.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
However, it does have some problems: 1) If you have a potato (like I do), then expect (even with lower quality graphical settings) abysmal frame-rates; since there's no fighting currently in this short "game", and precious little in the way of puzzles, a stuttering mess won't really impact your success in finishing the game, but it can be graphically distracting.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
I think the settings and game could be optimized.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters74 reviews
Graphics69 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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