Worth buying? What 103 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 103 Steam reviews actually say.
−10%$14.99$13.49
US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
A short, artsy Lovecraft retelling starring penguins, with superb narration and anti-colonial themes but janky movement and confusing level design. Skip it if you want polished platforming or conventional horror.
Great for
Fans of experimental narrative games, Lovecraft and Umurangi Generation who can forgive rough controls
Main risk
Clunky, janky movement and confusing level design make the walking and exploring frustrating
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Video games usually take Lovecraftian horror at face value, treating it more as an aesthetic rather than a way to engage with its underlying themes.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Spectating a Lovecraftian nightmare from the spectating perspective of a penguin (or many penguins) is a very fresh take”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“PS1 era graphics, with sound and atmosphere that would give John Carpenter a flashback”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Lenval Brown’s narration is a captivating, haunting performance.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it's absolutely crucial that this game's movement is so good.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Short runtime, but lots of side exploration with a v fair asking price.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“A walking simulator where the walking (and sliding and swimming) is very janky; you’ll clip through and vibrate over hills, staircases, bricks, and more bricks.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“There is nothing interesting done with the premise.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“navigating each of the unnecessarily huge levels is unintuitive”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Diving underwater will reveal fish swimming inside of hills above the waterline.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the reliance on the wind to figure out where to go got tedious very fast”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The game crashed twice and checkpointed me quite far back”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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+ Powerful emotional impact
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analyzed 4 d ago
+ Wordless emote communication and friendly players
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analyzed 4 d ago
+ Funny, silly humor and narrator
− Frustrating, clunky controls
analyzed 5 d ago
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