Everhood

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%2021

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A psychedelic dodge-the-notes bullet-hell with a great soundtrack and a weird, Undertale-inspired story. Skip it if you want a true rhythm game or are sensitive to flashing visuals.

Great for

Undertale fans who like trippy visuals, great music and boss-fight-driven bullet hell

Main risk

Expecting a true rhythm game or a deep story, and finding thin characters and a long ending

What players love

Fantastic soundtrack

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“the music of Everhood is phenomenal, and what drew me into the game in the first place.”
Steam review · 51.2 h played ↗

“I had no idea how great the music would be or how perfectly they managed to integrate it into a game.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗

“Music - 12/10. A very powerful soundtrack you want to vibe to, which makes the battles even more interesting.”
Steam review · translated · 20.1 h played ↗

Moving, thought-provoking story

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“with an ending so beautiful it changed my outlook on life”
Steam review · 30.5 h played ↗

“the story of this game is so unparalleled in making the player confront the idea of uncomfortable and horrific choices being necessary to achieve happiness.”
Steam review · 51.2 h played ↗

“It makes you think, that says it all”
Steam review · translated · 5 h played ↗

Trippy, striking visuals

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“This game has an insane amount of unique visuals.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗

“Need a new genre for fever dream games like this, absolutely divine nonsense”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗

Charming, memorable characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Characters are all very memorable.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗

“the characters are so very endearing”
Steam review · 97.5 h played ↗

Unique, varied boss battles

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“It's mechanics are constantly kept fresh, and nothing feels particularly tedious”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“I loved how there's so much duality to the bosses and different challenges for each one.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗

“the combat is wonderful, unusual and very cool, it doesn't get boring”
Steam review · translated · 12.7 h played ↗

Adjustable difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“there is a lot of customization, allowing players to tailor the difficulty to their liking”
Steam review · 82 h played ↗

“gameplay had very challenging but fair difficulty and option to change if needed”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Shallow characters, weak writing

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“There`s no reason to care for the characters. A lot of them have no personality, and also they have pretty much no screentime ever.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗

“it is absolutely RUINED by a loathsome story, filled with unlikable characters that the game tries SO DESPERATELY to make you care about.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“I don't care about any character, maybe except Red. The game is too short to make me worry about them.”
Steam review · translated · 6.5 h played ↗

Not really a rhythm game

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“It's not a rhythm game - your movements are not tied to the rhythm and feeling the rhythm seems to be actively harmful?”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“Where is this a rhythm game? Projectiles fly out in musical sequence, but to dodge you have to match a rhythm several beats back.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

“the beat is on enemy attack, and there's a delay to when you react, so it's completely off-beat.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

Too derivative of Undertale

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“this game wants to be undertale sooooooooo bad”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗

“a "we have Undertale at home" indie game that just doesn't understand what makes oddball humor work in the context of a strong narrative”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗

Drawn-out, disliked ending

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“This game also never wants to end, with like maybe 30 minutes worth of fake endings near the end while I was begging for it to just be over.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“Absolutely atrocious ending that obliterates all of the build up to itself.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗

Nauseating, hard-to-read visual effects

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“it got impossible for me to see the projectiles. The background effects and warping really get in the way sometimes.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

“the "image sensitivity" accessibility option from what I can tell seems to do little to nothing towards that end”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Clunky controls, no rebinding

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“It controls terribly with no control remapping”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗

“why there are no rebindable controls?”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10

Memory2 GB RAM

Graphics128MB

Storage400 MB available space

Recommended

OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, or 10

Processor2GHz+

Memory3 GB RAM

Graphics512MB

Storage400 MB available space

OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10

Memory2 GB RAM

Graphics128MB

Storage400 MB available space

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