Escape From Tethys

Escape From Tethys

Steam Deck · unrated

Whimsical · Action · Jul 13, 2018

It depends on what you're after.

At $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

70%
Mixed
457 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 457 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 221 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise22% are divided45% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game is graphically consistent, the music is sometimes really great (e.g. the underwater section), the controls are serviceable and the gameplay is generally fun.
31 of 221 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Despite the simplistic graphics, Escape from Tethys manages to evoke a good atmosphere of a desolate lunar lab, due to some finely-composed musical tracks.
22 of 221 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
☑ Decent soundtrack that surprised me with its variety.
18 of 221 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 love3 themes
Gameplay31 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters23 reviews
87%
Controls15 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty43 reviews
77%
Combat22 reviews
64%
Bugs21 reviews
76%
Interface5 reviews
40%

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 5 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
70%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
15
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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