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Bithell Games · Stealth · Aug 18, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.

76%
Mostly Positive
715 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 165 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 99 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 715 player reviews · updated 6 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
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- It's hard to read the story and play at the same time
165 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It has many flaws (most notably a disappointing story), but the core gameplay is fun.
99 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visuals are great, again, the MGS VR inspiration is very apparent, but the “volumetric” approach to how the maps look is striking, To put it simply, I really like it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack has a pleasant ambient quality to it and amps up whenever you're seen.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I needed to remap my controller buttons as it didn't seem to do well with analogue values for things that weren't movement.
23 of 300 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 love5 themes
Story and characters165 reviews
Gameplay99 reviews
Graphics66 reviews
Audio66 reviews
Controls23 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty41 reviews
88%
Interface17 reviews
65%
Bugs12 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat7 reviews
86%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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