Deceived Of Joy

Deceived Of Joy

Steam Deck Playable

LevelBound Studios · Indie · Jan 6, 2026

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

At $2.99. It has been as low as $2.39.

86%
Very Positive
56 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 25 sampled reviews

Based on 56 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 25 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise25 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I think the actual narrative was paced really well, even though the premise of the game is a little predictable.
9 of 25 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game itself was put together very well in terms of visuals, effects and the pacing.
5 of 25 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Amazing game for the price, Great work on the sound design and good atmosphere short game but a worth it experience and thankyou for letting me be a beta tester and break your game it was fun amazing game keep up the good work. -_-
5 of 25 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Pretty solid $3 psychological horror experience, the base story is about an hour long give or take with some added replayability with collectibles and stuff (the game is very generous and lets you manually pick each night to load into).
4 of 25 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 characters9 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Gameplay4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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 $2.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.39.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

If you liked this one

Reviewed games that overlap most with this one.

No recommendations for this game yet.

This game doesn’t overlap enough with games Crit has reviewed.