ROUTINE

ROUTINE

Steam Deck Playable

Lunar Software · Singleplayer · Dec 4, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $17.49.

92%
Very Positive
8k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 153 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 125 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k 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
60% of themes are praise30% are divided10% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Spoiler Free Review: I always like to start with the "Not-so-good" then get to the "Good": Its certainly a story-driven survival-suspense title.
153 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
• Fantastic graphics and sound design
125 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
• Fantastic graphics and sound design
101 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Graphically it looks stunning, and performance was great, I had the settings cranked and it played at 120 fps from start to finish with only dips on loading screens.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Fully optimized and runs smooth as silk, it is VISUALLY one of the coolest looking games I have ever played and I have played a ton.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Routine is a masterclass in atmosphere, sound design, art direction, and making Unreal Engine 5 not run and look like complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (you can beat it on a Steam Deck!)
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters153 reviews
Audio125 reviews
Graphics101 reviews
Performance16 reviews
Optimization11 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay111 reviews
82%
Interface44 reviews
93%
Difficulty33 reviews
79%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat17 reviews
88%

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. 2 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $17.49 (−30%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $17.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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