When They Arrived

Steam Deck · unrated

Second Reality · Action · Jan 7, 2019

Probably one to skip.

At $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

35%
Mostly Negative
130 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Graphics: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 130 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 43 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise43 helpful reviews67% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game could be fun with a decent story, but there are a million bugs that prevent it even being remotely playable.
8 of 43 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The game tells me to turn off VBLANK to increase framerate.
3 of 43 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 love2 themes
Story and characters8 reviews
Performance3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Interface7 reviews
0%
Bugs6 reviews
17%
Graphics5 reviews
20%
Crashes5 reviews
20%

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.

Full price

Currently $3.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
35%
Mostly Negative
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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