Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Performance: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Story: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated
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
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
First off, the whole charm of INK is the unique mechanic of painting the level as you play.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Ink is very challenging but has a great learning curve were the game slowly adds new elements like enemies, spikes and even bosses.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music is fairly mellow and a touch surreal sounding, including sound effects that remind me of underwater bubbles.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In short, if you like challenging -- but not impossibly so -- platformers, INK delivers that with a great twist and beautiful graphics.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game works well with my wired Xbox 360 controller on Linux, but as always with games like this, I much prefer to use keyboard controls.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay89 reviews
Difficulty54 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Controls18 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes60% still recommend
Combat40% still recommend
Bugs33% still recommend
Multiplayer100% still recommend
Players complain
Performance46% still recommend
Interface45% still recommend
Story86% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Full price
$4.99
We haven't seen it on sale yet.
3 points recordedtoday · $4.99
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