Emotional, gripping story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“I didn’t expect such a powerful story from it. Beyond Two Souls probably has one of the best written stories out there.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Beyond: Two Souls
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Quantic Dream2020Horror · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A cinematic, story-first interactive drama with excellent acting and emotional payoff, held back by poor PC controls and thin gameplay. Skip it if you want mechanics or play on mouse and keyboard.
Great for
Fans of story-driven, choice-based interactive movies like Detroit or Heavy Rain who play with a gamepad
Main risk
Clunky, unresponsive controls (especially mouse and keyboard) and vague QTEs make it frustrating
What players love
Strong visuals and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The graphics still hold up very well, and there are so many choices to make.”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
Cinematic, interactive-movie feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Fantastic story game, maximum movie feeling.”
Steam review · 50.5 h played ↗
Top-tier acting by Page and Dafoe
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Come for the video game, stay for the absolute masterclass in acting.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Choices and multiple endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the way the ending splits into multiple distinct outcomes based on choices you made throughout the entire playthrough makes the journey feel truly personal”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
Very cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“I got it for a couple of bucks - pound for pound one of the best value games you can get”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Terrible controls and camera on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“The story is good but the controls are by far the worst I've seen in three decades of gaming.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Weak, clichéd writing and plot holes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the writing goes from "decent" in he first half of the game to utter trash”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Boring, slow, movie-not-a-game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“this might be the most “it should’ve been just a movie” game I’ve ever seen”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
Choices barely matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Choices does NOT matter, it just determines when and how to go to the pre-written same result.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Forced romance and no skippable cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Too bad Quantic Dream still can't do skippable cutscenes”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Vague, frustrating QTEs and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Quick time events are SO BAD AND VAGUE. Like do you want me to go up down left right?”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support49 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or later (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM
Storage49 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or later (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K @ 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.4GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 970 with 4GB VRAM or AMD Radeon R9 390 with 4GB VRAM
Storage49 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or later (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM
Storage49 GB available space
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