Stunning watercolor art
Mentioned in ~4 in 5 positive reviews
“The art style is absolutely incredible and breathtaking, the music is soothing, and almost every frame feels worthy of a screenshot.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
GRIS
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Nomada Studio2018Platformer · Adventure · Puzzle
The verdict
A gorgeous, wordless watercolor journey about grief with a superb soundtrack, but the gameplay is minimal and easy. Skip it if you want challenge or mechanics, or if you have a high-refresh monitor.
Great for
Players who want a short, relaxing, emotional art experience with great music
Main risk
Gameplay is slow, easy and shallow, so you may find it boring
What players love
Beautiful, emotional soundtrack
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“And of course, I gotta praise the soundtracks cuz they literally MAKE the game for me.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Moving wordless story about grief
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It somehow tells a deeply personal story almost entirely through movement, color, music, and visual symbolism.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Relaxing, calming atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“A perfectly relaxing game that doesn't demand special skills.”
Steam review · translated · 1.3 h played ↗
Short, easy and accessible
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I would recommend this even to people who have little experience playing video games with a controller.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Gentle, creative puzzles and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the game very naturally teaches its mechanics to the player with it's level design.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Gameplay is boring and shallow
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“Pretty, but unbelievably boring. Buy this if you like slowly walking in one direction for minutes at a time.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“During the section where the giant bird screams at you, my controls completely locked up.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Vague, shallow story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“we literally never even find out what Gris' "painful experience in her life" is.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Slow, clunky movement and unclear platforms
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it is often unclear what a platform is and what is just background, not to mention the foreground being in the way at times.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
High refresh rate breaks game, no FPS cap
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“the game's physics break at higher framerates, and the only way past it is to hard-cap the game at 60 FPS”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Controller and compatibility problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“Steam recognizes the controller and it doesn't work in-game.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or later
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E6750 (2 * 2660) or equivalent / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ (2 * 2600) or equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GT 430 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 5570 (1024 MB)
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or later
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E6750 (2 * 2660) or equivalent / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ (2 * 2600) or equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GT 430 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 5570 (1024 MB)
Storage4 GB available space
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