Saira

Saira

Steam Deck · unrated

Nicklas Nygren · Indie

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

It's free to play.

80%
Very Positive
326 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 182 sampled reviews

Based on 326 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 182 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.
As you travel to different planets to collect various objects for your project, you discover other life forms, as well as different machines that you must interact with throughout your quest.
32 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The threshold for a wall you can jump straight over and a wall you can't doesn't quite match the visuals, so you frequently have to jump twice for a wall that Saira should visibly be able to just get right onto.
18 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Overall though Saira offers a good deal of platformer and puzzle gameplay, there are multiple ending aswell though I haven ot experienced all of them.
14 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It should have had controller support, because platforming with the arrow keys is awkward.
9 of 182 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The visual beauty is there, the perfectly minimalistic sound design is there, the sense of wonder, the feeling of calm exploration, the distinctive touch of Nifflas, all there, but the issues with the controls become grating quickly and prevent it from being as enjoyable as it could be.
7 of 182 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 characters32 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty8 reviews
100%
Interface6 reviews
33%
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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