Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Story and characters: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 227 sampled reviews
Based on 273 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 227 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
I sub-divide surrealism in gaming into “surrealism for the sake of surrealism” and “surrealism that despite eyebrow-raising WTF moments still manages to tell a story”, the kind of story that you might even understand.
This mastery of the mise-en-scene was not in vain as his films gained critical acclaim because his viewers would rewatch with sadistic scrutiny - the audience would rejoice in extracting all the information from every prop to lighting design like a sponge.
When it comes to strange, whimsical games like “Stanley Parable” or “Bucket Detective” there is very little point to explain the overall story, or even gameplay for that matter, as it is an “experience” rather than traditional game.
The game is played mostly in silence with an occasional well-placed track, but the sound effects are superb and bring in a slight layer or normalcy to the otherwise absurd world of the game.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
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.
Currently $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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