What Never Was

What Never Was

Steam Deck Verified

Acke Hallgren · Free to Play · Jan 11, 2019

Yes, worth playing.

It's free to play.

95%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 180 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 5k 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The plot is of a Granddaughter who is tasked with clearing out her late Grandfather's attic which is rendered beautifully using Unreal Engine.
180 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is clean and makes good use of lighting to create atmosphere, I especially liked the illustrations by Otto Klevnäs Klang that are dotted across items and pages, they add an extra layer of originality.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack and voice acting is also top notch.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is one of the most important aspects that should never be ignored or downplayed.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The puzzles weren't too easy or too hard and the story as well as the graphics are very good.
9 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 love5 themes
Story and characters180 reviews
Graphics61 reviews
Audio52 reviews
Gameplay24 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

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. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
6
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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