Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

Steam Deck · unrated

TacoEaters · Psychological Horror · Jun 20, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

84%
Very Positive
288 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 288 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 103 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise9% are divided36% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Nice setup for the story, and the atmosphere is spot on.
20 of 103 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I don't think visuals --even at their best-- can't logically excuse this performance anyways, therefore I can once again confidently say another huge overhaul is needed about the game's optimization as the recommended settings actually match some of my PC's components.
17 of 103 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay Impressions
17 of 103 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The whole camera needs to be overhauled, optimization desperately needs more attention like I previously mentioned, a lot of the sound effects need to be balanced (some of them were ear piercingly loud), at one point the character decided not to use his shotgun despite it still having ammo inside for some reason (which just fixed itself after I managed to save the game) and the UI can benefit from a whole re-imagining as it felt unresponsive at times as stuff like; navigating through menus, checking your health, choosing the radio and switching between different weapons were all just clunky and unintuitive.
8 of 103 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I was playing on a playstation controller though.
8 of 103 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
The first one being the optimization.
7 of 103 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 love6 themes
Story and characters20 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Gameplay17 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance6 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat16 reviews
69%
Bugs7 reviews
86%
Interface7 reviews
71%
Difficulty4 reviews
100%

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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
5
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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