The Inner Darkness

The Inner Darkness

Steam Deck · unrated

Nauris Amatnieks · Time Manipulation · Feb 24, 2017

Worth it for the right player.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.84.

72%
Mostly Positive
108 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 108 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 60 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise43% are divided14% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
• The way the protagonist responds to his environment with quickly flowing text works well, conveying some of the story without disrupting the gameplay.
11 of 60 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
• The pixelated graphics are very well done; everything looks sharp and crisp, aside from the globs and blobs, of course.
10 of 60 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
- I have a Steam gamepad controller made specifically for the platform, and it works well with most games that claim gamepad support.
3 of 60 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 love3 themes
Gameplay11 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters26 reviews
65%
Difficulty6 reviews
67%
Audio5 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs3 reviews
0%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.84.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
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