The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge

The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge

Steam Deck · unrated

Infamous Quests · Adventure · Jan 26, 2016

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

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

88%
Very Positive
140 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 118 sampled reviews

Based on 140 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 118 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You join Finn the Bard on his quest to write 'the greatest ballad ever' as he undertakes "The King's Challenge".
85 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack was lovely and I very much enjoyed the narration and the fact that all of the characters were voiced, though some of the characters had very annoying voices that made me grind my teeth lol.
24 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The King's Challenge certainly delivers on atmosphere and art style.
20 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The puzzles are never too hard, the lute is a fun feature, I loved the gorgeous backgrounds and music, and the voice-acting is solid.
16 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay includes going around the world, gathering things, using those things to do other things and get other things and playing songs on your lute.
14 of 118 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 characters85 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface13 reviews
85%
Bugs6 reviews
100%
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.

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
13
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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