Worth it for the right player.
At $3.99. It has been as low as $1.19.
- Story and characters: 127 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 1k 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.
The Search is a narrative-focused puzzle adventure developed and published by Jason Godbey that places atmosphere, symbolism, and exploration at the center of its experience.
First off, I would like to agree with most people on what this game clearly got spot on: astonishing graphics, pleasant voice acting, and that's about it.
The soundtrack plays an equally important role in establishing mood.
Challenges rarely focus on difficulty for its own sake.
So the game could have been some nice new chapter or introduction to a Myst-like adventure-puzzle FPS, but it just felt like a clean yet boring student project.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $3.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.19.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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