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Steam Deck · unrated

Monomyth Games · Simulation · Aug 28, 2018

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

67%
Mixed
298 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 112 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 298 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 270 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
72% of themes are praise14% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is reasonably engaging
112 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The Data selling thing is just kind of super annoying and stretches the gameplay out unnecessarily while adding little to the story.
59 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game is beautiful - I loved the interface and the art style.
11 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Soundtrack isn't bad either.
7 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The element of challenge isn't too hard to be able to rise up as an agent, yet also requires a bit of concentration and practise to be able to reach max clearance levels.
7 of 270 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 characters112 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface26 reviews
42%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs28 reviews
46%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
67%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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