Oppressive forest atmosphere and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The atmosphere is incredible. The forest feels oppressive and like a character of its own, the sound design is fantastic”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Blair Witch
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Bloober Team SA2019Horror · Psychological Horror · Adventure
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, atmospheric psychological horror walking sim with a lovable dog companion, but it drags badly in the final house section and has little real Blair Witch lore. Skip it if you want action or real scares.
Great for
Fans of slow, atmospheric psychological horror and walking sims who love dog companions
Main risk
Repetitive wandering and a very long, tedious final section that bores players expecting real scares
What players love
Bullet the dog companion
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the best part of the whole game is definitely Bullet. I was actually surprised by how much you can do with the dog and I really liked the bond between him and the protagonist.”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗
Genuinely creepy with effective scares
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“my hands were genuinely shaking by the end of the game which is rare for me when it comes to horror games”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Cheap on sale, worth it for a short game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I got this game on sale for $2.50, and let me tell you, it was worth every penny.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Engaging story about trauma and PTSD
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“What impressed me most was how Ellis's PTSD was handled.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Creative camcorder tape mechanic
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The tape mechanic is also one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a horror game.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring walking sim with endless wandering
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“terrible walking sim where you walk through the same room/bush 40 times and hear the same voice lines in different tones.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Not scary
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the jumpscares are extremely predictably and aren't that scary and the gameplay is just repetitive”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and launch problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The horror isn’t in the forest; it’s in the bugs the devs never bothered to fix.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Little connection to Blair Witch; PTSD story misses
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“there was nearly nothing relating to the franchise other than stickmen, the woods themselves”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Dog AI leads you in circles and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Bullet (sweet as he is) decided to continually run off into the borders of the map and loop me in circles.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Final house section is overlong and tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the last level is just looping nonsense that makes you try to pull your hair out hoping it fking ends.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3220 (3.30 GHz) / AMD A8-7600 (3.1 GHz)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 265
Storage16 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6500 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 590
Storage16 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3220 (3.30 GHz) / AMD A8-7600 (3.1 GHz)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 265
Storage16 GB available space
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