The End Is Nigh

The End Is Nigh

Steam Deck Verified

Edmund McMillen · Precision Platformer · Jul 12, 2017

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $4.64.

94%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Audio: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game is very good, slick visuals, good level design, good music, controls well.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The plot is pretty barebones and not the main focus (although the theme is and i think it's very well executed), the environmental story-telling is really cool, especially during the later levels.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The Iron God achievement (any% deathless) is not very fun to go for because the earlygame is so easy it gets pretty boring, but the gameplay is good enough it's still pretty fun (at least, it was for me)
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game is very good, slick visuals, good level design, good music, controls well.
25 of 300 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 love4 themes
Audio48 reviews
Story and characters46 reviews
Gameplay33 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty49 reviews
96%
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. 3 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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.64.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
106
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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