The Initial

Buy77%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Restory Studio · Action · Jul 18, 2017

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
20
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio1 of 4
Subtitles3 of 4

Should I buy The Initial?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 184 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
36% of themes are praise18% are divided46% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
53 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
This is a game about schoolgirls beating the crap out of each other with swords, with fast paced combat, cool effects, and good graphics, all for $10 (or even $5)
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
39 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
it has plenty of content, th gameplay is crisp and repsonsive, the controls (using a controller) are well-mapped.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
The game also has nice graphics and great special effects, espeically considering it's a $10 game ($5 depending if you get it on sale like i said)
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Overall presentation is very well done for small team (sound effect, voice acting, cutscene, level transition).

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat53 reviews
Gameplay39 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Bugs
83% still recommend
Players complain
Story
77% still recommend
Controls
68% still recommend
Difficulty
83% still recommend
Interface
82% still recommend
Performance
75% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$9.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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