Stories: The Path of Destinies

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

Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%2016

The verdict

A charming, well-narrated choose-your-own-adventure action RPG with a clever time-loop story, but simple combat and the same few levels repeated for every ending. Skip it if repetition bothers you.

Great for

Story-focused players who want a short, witty branching tale and will stop after the true ending

Main risk

Replaying the same few levels with unskippable dialogue gets tedious fast

What players love

Clever branching time-loop story

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“Your choices actually matter”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗

“You're expected to fail, rewind, and try again with the knowledge you've gained.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“They handled reusing locations in an interesting way.”
Steam review · translated · 2.9 h played ↗

Charming art, music and characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The characters are charming and easy to like, and the narration adds a lot of personality to the experience.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

Excellent, funny narrator

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The narrator deserves a special mention. If you enjoyed the style of Bastion, you'll probably appreciate this too.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“The narrator really does make the game here, but is never overdone.”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗

Fun, fluid Arkham-style combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Combat is fast, responsive, and satisfying, even if it's not particularly deep.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“Combat feels good; every hit and counter is top notch.”
Steam review · translated · 10.3 h played ↗

High replay value with many endings

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Serious replayability value”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive levels and few enemy types

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“very repetitive 5 kind of mobs no bosses its better to watch all stories on yt than play on the same locations again and again”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗

“you keep playing through the same six boards fighting the same seven enemy types over and over and over and over”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗

“The whole game is replaying from the start, killing 2 enemy types on the same maps.”
Steam review · translated · 5.5 h played ↗

Shallow, too-easy combat and progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The whole combat in this game is just clicking the left mouse button.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

Unskippable dialogue and cutscenes

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Can't skip most dialogue. You need to unlock 24 unique endings, plus a true story ending, but most dialogue you are forced to rewatch again and again.”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗

“The game starts to annoy you right from the beginning.”
Steam review · translated · 5.5 h played ↗

Bugs, crashes and stuck characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Game always crashes.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“you'll get stuck on every rock and prop, sometimes on flat ground.”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗

“It's fun, but it's also buggy as hell”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

Clunky controls, no rebinding on keyboard

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Controls are awful on keyboard and mouse. Constantly getting stuck on terrain moving around.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“Seriously, putting movement on right-click while left-click is the sword attack?!”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

Grindy 100% completion

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“this was one of the most grindy games ive played”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗

“Can't skip most dialogue.”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OS64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i3-2500K 2.0GHz+ / AMD CPU Phenom II 570

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 8800 GTX, GT640, GT730, Radeon HD 5850, HD Graphics 530

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OS64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i5 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 770, GPU Radeon HD 7870

Storage2 GB available space

OS64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10

ProcessorIntel CPU Core i3-2500K 2.0GHz+ / AMD CPU Phenom II 570

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 8800 GTX, GT640, GT730, Radeon HD 5850, HD Graphics 530

Storage2 GB available space

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