Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.
- Story and characters: 161 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 95 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 384 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Most of this is pretty cliche, but some characters add some personality to pull you along the narrative enough to stay interested.
Being purely audio, the voice acting and music is pretty good, as you could expect.
The uniqueness of gameplay of The Vale is enough to try, and its quality for being developed by such a small group is admirable and impressive.
I like to think that behind the black screen and floating dots, there's actually an in-game engine with amazing graphics
This game's unique take on accessibility and ability to put you in the shoes of a fully visually impaired protagonist is probably the most immersive video game experience I've had to date.
I used a sleep mask over my eyes and played with headphones and a controller, and the immersion was completely worth it.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
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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