Pretentious Game

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 288 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS

Keybol · Indie · May 20, 2014

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
$1.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles0 of 5

Should I buy Pretentious Game?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 288 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 184 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise40% are divided20% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
74 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
The puzzles are tied to plot narration in pretty clever ways, and several times surprised me and made me laugh.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
32 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Anyway, simple platforming mechanics work in tandem with the text narrative so to create a near seamless story.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story74 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Divided opinion
Graphics
67% still recommend
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Players complain
Audio
60% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$1.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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