Rusty Lake Paradise

Rusty Lake Paradise

Steam Deck Playable

Rusty Lake · Puzzle · Jan 11, 2018

Yes, worth buying.

At $3.99. It has been as low as $2.23.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
7k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 100 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 7k 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.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Part of the larger Rusty Lake universe, Paradise builds on the bizarre mythology and unsettling tone established in earlier titles like Rusty Lake Hotel and the Cube Escape series, while carving out its own unique identity through a focused narrative structure, distinct visual style, and thematic ambition rooted in biblical allegory.
100 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
You have created a morbidly fascinating (and FANTASTIC) gruesome, horror game using basic and simple storybook style graphics and I am ALL FOR IT.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay revolves around classic point-and-click mechanics: examining the environment, picking up objects, solving logic puzzles, and combining items in often unexpected ways.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
On the store page it says that the game has a unique soundtrack for each of the plagues of the game and while throughout the entire series the music was a very minor part of design, where it wasn't bad, just nothing special, here it felt like it really played into the plague motif and the music is definitely a really great part of the experience.
13 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
Story and characters100 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Gameplay15 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
79%
Interface9 reviews
67%
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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $3.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.23.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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