Stunning art and animation
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“First thing you notice is how stunning this game looks, it would still be jaw-dropping if released today.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Moon Studios GmbH2016Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, emotional platformer-metroidvania with fluid movement and a superb soundtrack, but with punishing chase sequences and a manual resource-based save system. Skip it if you hate precision platforming.
Great for
Fans of beautiful story-driven platformers and metroidvanias who enjoy a challenge and emotional stories
Main risk
Frustrating, unforgiving platforming and chase sequences combined with the manual resource-based saving
What players love
Beautiful, emotional soundtrack
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The music is simply beautiful—I’d often leave the game paused just to listen while doing other things.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Touching story that makes you cry
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“this game masters the art of storytelling without dialogue.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Fluid, responsive movement and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The platforming itself is tight, responsive, and satisfying, especially once the movement really clicks.”
Steam review · 34.9 h played ↗
Rewarding challenge and ability progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the way new abilities are introduced to help you overcome these environments is pure genius”
Steam review · 22.8 h played ↗
Cheap on sale, great value
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“The bundle including both games was a measly £5.61 as opposed to £35.98!”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Punishing, unfair difficulty and chase sequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“combination of sketchy controls and huge spikes of difficulty is what made playing this game an unpleasant experience.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗
Floaty, imprecise controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Platforming feels slippery and imprecise, combat consists of spamming one button”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Boring button-mash combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Just stand still and mash the attack button until you have to dodge an invisible pixel or the enemy is dead.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Resource-based manual save system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the game WANTS you to save 24/7 but you can't save 24/7 bc saving uses a limited resource.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Stuttering and poor performance on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“on modern hardware, this game has significant stuttering.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Visual clutter hides hazards
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“When the protagonist, your attacks, most enemies as well as all enemy attacks are glowing neon-colored orbs, it gets really hard to see”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support11 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)
Storage11 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 or AMD FX6120
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 6770
Storage11 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)
Storage11 GB available space
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