Prey

Prey

Steam Deck Verified

Arkane Studios · Sci-fi · May 4, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

91%
Very Positive
54k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 165 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 54k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

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
46% of themes are praise36% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The world building and character writing is top notch and the mechanics are deep like a deep dish chicago pizza, the ones that make you really fat.
165 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is good overall.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The OST isn’t anything super memorable, but it does a great job setting that eerie vibe, especially when ur wandering empty hallways waiting for a mimic to jumpscare u lol.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics still hold up pretty well imo and Talos 1 has a really immersive atmosphere.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Do yourself a favor -> turn off the lights, get your headphones and a good controller and hop on the prey-train!
9 of 300 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 characters165 reviews
Gameplay94 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat80 reviews
88%
Difficulty33 reviews
88%
Performance27 reviews
93%
Interface12 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs19 reviews
68%
Crashes12 reviews
83%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
58
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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