Stunning Moebius-inspired art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Have you ever wanted to exist inside a Moebius illustration? If so, this is the game for you.”
Steam review · 18.3 h played ↗
Sable
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Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Shedworks2021Choose Your Own Adventure · Adventure · Puzzle
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, Moebius-styled, combat-free desert exploration game with a heartfelt coming-of-age story, held back by long-standing bugs and stutter. Skip it if you want action, depth or polish.
Great for
Players who want a calm, no-combat, explore-at-your-own-pace game with striking art and music
Main risk
Persistent bugs, stutter and janky bike/climbing controls, plus an empty world and repetitive fetch quests
What players love
Relaxing, stress-free exploration without combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Sable is the complete opposite of a stressful game. It oozes zen out of every pore.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
Touching coming-of-age story and worldbuilding
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Nothing here is too challenging - There's no combat, the puzzles are doable, the climbing isn't too difficult and most of the secrets aren't too obscure.”
Steam review · 16.2 h played ↗
Beautiful soundtrack and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The ambient background music carries the tone of the entire experience.”
Steam review · 23.8 h played ↗
Freedom to climb anything and explore at your own pace
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“it really felt that my curiosity and desire to squeeze into every possible crack in the map were being rewarded”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
Fun hoverbike, customization and collecting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“there's a lot of customization and they are cool rewards for progression”
Steam review · 37.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and jank (glitches, menus, softlocks, saves)
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Graphical glitches, frequent severe frame drops, visual stutters, audio stutters, constant inventory bugs, nonsensical shadows”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
Poor performance, stutter and audio glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I cannot recommend it due to the horrendous performance issues.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Slow and boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“there's a fine line between being "calming" and "boring". And Sable crossed that line very early on.”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
Clunky climbing and floaty, wobbly hoverbike
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The hoverbike handles poorly, moves too slow, and constantly smashes into the ground when not on flat terrain.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Empty, sparse world with repetitive fetch quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Nearly the entire game consists of fetch quests and endlessly exploring to find hidden eggs.”
Steam review · 19 h played ↗
Weak writing, wordy unskippable dialogue and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“proceeds to jam the experience full of agonizingly verbose inner and outer dialogue”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400/ Intel i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 750Ti/HD 6970
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 2600X / Intel i5-9600K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1050 Ti/R9 285
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400/ Intel i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 750Ti/HD 6970
Storage3 GB available space
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