Emotional, layered story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Rarely does a game's story change my way of thinking or cause me to be emotional, Signalis has done both.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
SIGNALIS
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%rose-engine2022Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Mystery
The verdict
A beautiful, melancholic RE/Silent Hill-style survival horror with a cryptic, emotional story and great puzzles. Skip it if you hate backtracking, tiny inventories or ambiguous plots.
Great for
Fans of classic Resident Evil/Silent Hill, cosmic horror and cryptic, emotional storytelling
Main risk
Tedious key-fetching, tiny inventory and backtracking, plus a deliberately vague story
What players love
Striking art direction and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The retro low poly style mixed with detailed pixel art creates such a cold and oppressive atmosphere.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Faithful RE/Silent Hill survival gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The shooting mechanics, in particular, feel much smoother and more responsive than Resident Evil 1”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Satisfying, well-designed puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“PUZZLES ARE FUN, they do not underestimate your intelligence”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
Excellent sound design and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“has amazing sound design”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Excessive backtracking and key-fetching
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“opening doors and running around enemies for another key to open another door simulator”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Tiny inventory forces trips to storage
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“inventory system made by satan. back and forth back and forth STOP WASTING MY TIME!”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Vague, incoherent story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“What I did not see was a story.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Respawning enemies and scarce ammo
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Ammo and healing items are extremely limited, which would normally be a good survival horror mechanic, but it becomes frustrating when enemies refuse to stay dead.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Clunky combat and aiming
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the control are such ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that I just stop caring”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Frustrating late game and Nowhere area
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“My breaking point arrived in the Nowhere map.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-4350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (1GB) or AMD Radeon HD 6570 (1GB)
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2GB) or AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB)
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-4350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (1GB) or AMD Radeon HD 6570 (1GB)
Storage2 GB available space
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