Perils of Man

Perils of Man

Steam Deck · unrated

IF Games · Adventure · Apr 28, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

79%
Mostly Positive
252 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 99 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 252 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 150 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is a historical time time travel mystery with a dash of quantum leap (a 90's TV show) inspiration.
99 of 150 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics and visuals are good, nothing spectacular, but, for a 7 year old indie point and click title, it doesn't look as old as it is.
41 of 150 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting is well above and beyond what I was expecting for the price and certainly adds to the immersion and story telling.
33 of 150 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The game easily gets your attention from the moment you start to play in which the game makes you start wondering around discovering what you have to do depending on clues been given, Also the game tries really hard to make the characters more appealing to you by letting you feel connected somehow to the storyline in general which is really handy when you are someone who is looking to spend a cool 5-6 hours of simple yet well writted storyline.
10 of 150 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 love4 themes
Story and characters99 reviews
Graphics41 reviews
Audio33 reviews
Difficulty10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay27 reviews
74%
Linux compatibility3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Interface15 reviews
60%
Bugs15 reviews
80%
Performance3 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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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