Deep puzzles and many secrets
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The game has SO MANY secrets, probably the most amount of secrets I've ever seen from any game.”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%TUNIC Team2022Souls-like · Metroidvania · Puzzle
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful Zelda-meets-Souls adventure built around a cryptic in-game manual and deep secrets. Skip it if you dislike clunky combat, obtuse puzzles or needing guides.
Great for
Patient explorers who love secrets, notebooks and Zelda or Outer Wilds-style discovery
Main risk
Clunky, punishing combat and cryptic design push you into guides and frustration
What changed in the last 30 days
86 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly complain about combat, hidden paths and cryptic puzzles, plus a few reports of bugs. No single new patch or cause is evident.
86 recent reviews
What players love
Brilliant in-game manual
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The alien language manual that you collect page by page is an ingenious idea. It works as a tutorial, map, lore source, hintbook, but also contains lots of teases and secrets in itself.”
Steam review · 29.1 h played ↗
Rewarding exploration and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The exploration in this game is top-notch.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Gorgeous art and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The art is gorgeous, the lighting really makes it stand out.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Zelda and Souls blend
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Only non-Zelda to truly scratch my Zelda itch. Absolutely magical.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, frustrating combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“some of the worst combat I've ever played in a video game. It is not fun.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Cryptic design, hidden paths, little direction
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“We started calling it “walk behind the wall simulator” because of how predictably and heavily the game leans on this gimmick.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Obtuse endgame puzzles and tedious backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The ending puzzle is ridiculous.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Poor controls and limited rebinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Horrible controls and rebinding is to limited.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Untranslated language hurts clarity
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Almost all the text in the game is in a weird language that apparently we're supposed to learn.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Brutal difficulty spike in the second half
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Never in my entire gaming life have I experienced a zone that I loathed more.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i5 Quad-Core, 2.7 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 660 / RX 460
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i5 Quad-Core, 3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1080 Ti / RX Vega 64
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i5 Quad-Core, 2.7 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 660 / RX 460
Storage2 GB available space
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