Return.

Buy91%

Very Positive · 948 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Free to Play · Aug 3, 2018

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Price
Free
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 audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Return.?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 948 player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise22% are divided11% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Movement and timing form the foundation of the experience, and the mechanics are deliberately easy to understand.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its visual design makes excellent use of pixel graphics without relying entirely on nostalgia.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The minimal narrative is consequently one of the more interesting aspects of the experience.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Instead, it combines pixel-art presentation, side-scrolling platforming, an atmospheric soundtrack, and a gradually demanding journey into a compact adventure that feels more emotionally suggestive than its simple premise initially implies.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty is arguably both one of its strengths and its most potentially frustrating qualities.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The environments possess a restrained appearance that complements the mysterious nature of the journey, while the cute qualities of the character design contrast with darker atmospheric and psychological elements.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay74 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Story37 reviews
Audio33 reviews
Difficulty22 reviews
Characters5 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
75% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
57% still recommend

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

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