Stunning hand-painted visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“it's one of the best-looking 2D games I've ever laid my eyes on, and its sequel perfects it.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Moon Studios GmbH2020Metroidvania · Platformer · Action
The verdict
A gorgeous, emotional Metroidvania with fluid movement, a superb soundtrack and improved combat. Skip it if you hate chase sequences, tight platforming timings or Hollow Knight-style systems.
Great for
Fans of Metroidvanias, Hollow Knight and art-driven emotional stories who want smooth movement
Main risk
Frustrating chase and timed sequences, unclear guidance, plus PC crashes, save loss and controller issues
What players love
Moving, heartfelt story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I avoided this game since release because I didn't want to cry. Well, I'm older now. And these are older tears.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Beautiful, emotional soundtrack
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The sound track is absolute, I put it on cycle with speaker connected, create such a vibe for lonely nights.”
Steam review · 26.9 h played ↗
Fluid, satisfying movement and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The smoothest movement mechanics I have ever seen in a game.”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗
Great sequel for Metroidvania and Hollow Knight fans
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Basically if you liked Hollow Knight, give this a go, you won't be disappointed.”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Improved combat and abilities over the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“best combat i have seen in a metroidvania, visuals are immaculate, and very interesting mechanics”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hollow Knight-style changes and cluttered visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Will of the Wisps tries to be Hollow Knight and Ori at the same time. It fails at being either of them.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Unclear guidance and confusing progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Nowhere in the game or ability descriptions does it say this.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Frustrating chase and timed sequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“if you liked the first game but thought the escape scenes were obnoxious, don't even bother with this one.”
Steam review · 26.5 h played ↗
Crashes, lag and poor PC optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“It also freezes regularly, forcing me to manually close the game window and restart, often losing progress.”
Steam review · 25.1 h played ↗
Bugs that wipe saves or block progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Soul crushing bug. Deletes your ENTIRE save file.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Poor controller support and no rebinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Love the game, but the fact that you STILL can't change controller keybindings is mind blowing.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 Version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 Version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 10 Version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage20 GB available space
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