Close To The Sun

Close To The Sun

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Storm in a Teacup · Adventure · May 5, 2020

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.39.

74%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 207 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
30% of themes are praise50% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story is OK - some things could have been expanded on a lot more I think like the Edison spies and Tesla himself.
207 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Your search leads you through different parts of Helios and it quickly becomes apparent that visuals and ambience, along with sound design and some terrific voice acting, are this game's strongest features.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Your search leads you through different parts of Helios and it quickly becomes apparent that visuals and ambience, along with sound design and some terrific voice acting, are this game's strongest features.
76 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 love3 themes
Story and characters207 reviews
Graphics97 reviews
Audio76 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay64 reviews
64%
Performance33 reviews
64%
Difficulty18 reviews
72%
Optimization9 reviews
67%
Interface7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat25 reviews
80%
Crashes15 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. 2 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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.39.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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