The Church in the Darkness ™

The Church in the Darkness ™

Steam Deck Playable

Paranoid Productions · Action · Aug 2, 2019

It depends on what you're after.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

60%
Mixed
163 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 163 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 94 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This is about as far as the story gets without deviating based on a set of different preacher personalities that can have Isaac and/or Rebecca genuinely trying to provide a peaceful life for the cult members to wanting to watch the whole world burn.
45 of 94 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
At the end of the day it plays like a very unfinished Early Access game, if you remove all the text, voice acting, etc. it plays like a game that is extremely early in development.
14 of 94 sampled reviews raised it
Bugs
Players who bring up Bugs mostly praise it.
It's glitch-free, has a solid setting and voice acting, and a very interesting concept.
3 of 94 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 love3 themes
Story and characters45 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Bugs3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay35 reviews
51%
Graphics14 reviews
71%
Controls6 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat8 reviews
63%
Interface7 reviews
43%
Difficulty6 reviews
17%

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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
60%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
48
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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