The Outpost Nine: Episode 1

Buy73%

Mostly Positive · 52 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS

Benjy Bates · Indie · Jul 27, 2018

Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy The Outpost Nine: Episode 1?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 45 sampled reviews

Based on 52 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 45 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise45 helpful reviews0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 45 sampled reviews raised it
sure its so different and it oozes atmoshere and the dialogue is well done the characters
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
10 of 45 sampled reviews raised it
puzzle solving backtracking exploring looking for resorces its all here and its all done so well i played 4 hours and enjoyed it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
7 of 45 sampled reviews raised it
The Outpost Nine is a stylish text-adventure with minimalistic graphics and a pulsating retro-wave soundtrack.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
6 of 45 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is very unique as throughout the game the gameplay switches between cutscenes that you would expect to find in a visual novel game to a top down point and click style where in game actions are done through an in game menu.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
4 of 45 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack to the game is a perfect match to the genre and retro 80's style feel to the game.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story23 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$4.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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