Sepia Tears

Sepia Tears

Steam Deck · unrated

Scarlet String Studios · Visual Novel · Jan 8, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

88%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 200 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 9 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
72% of themes are praise14% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
-The story is extremely engaging, and you feel drawn in as a character
200 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I liked the character designs and the sound track that helped build the atmosphere.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ art style and real world images blend in and create a great overall view
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
if you're just playing for acheivements, most of them can be hit on one playthrough and the last one just has you click a button on the start menu when you finish the story.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
Sepia Tears is one of those free visual novels that really make you feel grateful to the developers and unfortunately there's no DLC available, otherwise it had deserved for sure 1€!!
3 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters200 reviews
Audio36 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Monetization3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty5 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.