The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

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

Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%2016

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A short, atmospheric robot-world story adventure with nice visuals, but slow and clunky controls, backtracking, and an abrupt cliffhanger ending. Skip it if you want a complete story or snappy gameplay.

Great for

Story-focused point-and-click fans who like slow, moody sci-fi and can pick it up cheap

Main risk

Clunky slow controls and a short episode that ends abruptly with the story never finished

What players love

Interesting robot-world story

Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews

“A quiet, melancholic adventure about a robot world after humans are long gone.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“Extremely well written story, some game mechanics could use a bit of work, but they are not a major issue.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗

“Very atmospheric and mysterious, it draws you in with its riddles: where did humanity go, what happened to the world, etc.”
Steam review · translated · 3.4 h played ↗

Good visuals and art

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“the artwork and graphics are topnotch”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗

“[+] Beautiful graphics [+] Top-level music [+] Intriguing story [+] Good optimization”
Steam review · translated · 4.3 h played ↗

Atmosphere and music

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“great atmospheric music”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗

“this episode in particular I liked for its atmosphere and unhurried pace”
Steam review · translated · 4.2 h played ↗

Fun puzzles and mini-games

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“They were easy enough that you could get through them and go on with the story but hard enough to actually take some effort.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗

“The diversity in the mini-games associated with the puzzles is good.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

Fun easter eggs and references

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“nice Easter Eggs (SPOILER: Half Life 3 Poster, Walking Dead Clementine Cap”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

“The game also has quite a few references to Half-Life, the game of my childhood and probably many others'.”
Steam review · translated · 10.2 h played ↗

Cheap on sale / good value

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The game is often sold at a 90% discount, so it justifies its price.”
Steam review · translated · 17.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Clunky controls and bad fixed cameras

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“The games controls are super janky especially when switching POV based on the location you enter as the bot will continue running and you couldn't physically stop him if you wanted to.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“Absolutely awful fixed-camera view that makes moving with WASD extremely awkward.”
Steam review · translated · 2.5 h played ↗

Boring gameplay, weak dialogue and voice acting

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“the writing is terrible”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“Playing with the Russian voice-over is a lullaby; it's impossible to listen to that completely monotone voice.”
Steam review · translated · 4.3 h played ↗

Painfully slow movement and pacing

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The writing is slow, the talking is slow, the walking is slow, the running is slow, the puzzles are slow.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗

“MC walks slower than an old man with severe back problems and a missing leg.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

“He walks slowly, runs even slower, touches objects slowly, jokes slowly and laughs at his jokes slowly.”
Steam review · translated · 3.6 h played ↗

Abrupt ending, unfinished story

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Developers canceled the third game because they ran out of money.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗

“right when it starts to get interesting the game ends. To be continued. WTF?”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

“Effectively half a game. It ends suddenly.”
Steam review · translated · 3.2 h played ↗

Items unusable until needed, forcing backtracking

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“It will make items interactable only if you actually need the item.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“The game doesn't care that you've already figured out which items are needed to complete the task.”
Steam review · translated · 2.8 h played ↗

Won't launch or crashes on modern systems

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“Game crashes immediately on launch?”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“I press PLAY and nothing happens, the window just closes.”
Steam review · translated · 0.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7 x64 and UP

ProcessorIntel i3 or AMD equivalent or better

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 570 or higher

Storage8 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7 x64 and UP

ProcessorIntel i5 processor or higher / AMD Phenom II X6 or higher

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 9xx or higher

Storage8 GB available space

OSWindows 7 x64 and UP

ProcessorIntel i3 or AMD equivalent or better

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 570 or higher

Storage8 GB available space

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