Yes, worth buying.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.
- Story and characters: 240 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 20k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
The visuals are nice, the music is good, and the gameplay is alright with some mini-games to keep you engaged.
It has beautiful, readable, stylized graphics often filled with numerous objects and characters swaying across the screen, without ever creating visual clutter.
Whether it’s a moody, rainy morning or a clear-sky sunset, the game always looks gorgeous and pairs seamlessly with a melodic, cheerful soundtrack, perfectly capturing the charm of small-town life.
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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
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