The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

Buy90%

Very Positive · 922 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

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ebi-hime · Visual Novel · Jan 5, 2016

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
8
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 240 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 922 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
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
240 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The text is delivered clearly, and shifts between spoken text delivered in small panels and larger narrative text, including the thoughts of Toma, delivered in full screen pages of exposition.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I did notice that some of the sound effects are a bit rough, especially the rain, but the soundtrack itself does a good job carrying the mood.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style I must say is incredible, its unlike what most VN's have and has a certain charm to it; and not just the characters the backgrounds are very good also, the game has a great use of colour to contrast between various scenes and locations.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The main menu is an interesting design that mimics a girl's dresser contents with interactive actions for a music and art gallery upon story completion as well as a preferences area that reflect Ren'Py actions/UI options.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story240 reviews
Audio37 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Interface10 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Difficulty
67% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
71% 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

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
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