Yes, worth buying.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.
- Story and characters: 135 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 11k 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.
Originally released in 2011 for consoles, Catherine has aged in surprising ways—some elements feel fresher than ever in an industry still largely risk-averse in storytelling, while others show the limits of its era’s approach to gender, relationships, and narrative nuance.
• getting drunk is an important gameplay feature and you learn cool facts about alcohol
Other stylistic aspects like voice acting and UI design were well-done and fitting.
Atmosphere - The Stray Sheep bar is a cozy hub with dim lighting, soft jazz and clinking glassses and the late-night small talk make it feel like a real after-hours refuge.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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