GRAVEN
Last updated: 2025-04-06
- Atmospheric world with rewarding exploration.
- Nostalgic, retro shooter feel.
- Intriguing story and excellent ambience.
- Unfinished, buggy, and lacks direction.
- Poor combat and enemy design.
- Obtuse puzzles and objectives.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 295
- Helpful reviews
- 82%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 14%
- Protest reviews
- 4%
- 26%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 74%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 394
- Negative points
- 940
- Gameplay points
- 165
- Perf. points
- 35
- Rec. points
- 285
- Misc points
- 64
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric world, rewarding exploration | The game's strongest aspects are its detailed environments, cohesive atmosphere, and appealing art style, often complemented by a well-crafted and immersive soundtrack. Exploration is consistently rewarding, with secrets and puzzles integrated into the world. | 71% |
| Nostalgic, retro shooter feel | The game successfully evokes a nostalgic feeling reminiscent of classic 90s shooters like Hexen and Heretic, blending retro aesthetics with modern design elements. This appeals to both older players and those new to the genre. | 25% |
| Strong first act, pacing issues | Many reviewers noted that the first act of the game is particularly well-made and enjoyable, with engaging exploration, NPCs, and sidequests. Later acts are generally considered shorter or less polished. | 8% |
| Potential as immersive sim | The game has potential as an atmospheric fantasy immersive sim, with light immersive sim elements. The aesthetics and environmental design are appealing, and the game design is great. | 6% |
| Integrated puzzles, sequence breaking | The game features well-designed puzzles that are thoughtfully integrated into the environment, encouraging exploration and rewarding problem-solving. Players can also sequence break some parts of the game by stacking boxes and barrels. | 5% |
| Intriguing story, excellent ambience | The game features an intriguing story set in a dark medieval fantasy world, where players uncover secrets through environmental storytelling and cryptic notes. The game's ambience is excellent, with great sound effects and music that enhance the feeling of being in a plague-ridden world. | 4% |
| Interconnected levels, useful shortcuts | The game incorporates interconnected levels and unlockable shortcuts to alleviate backtracking, encouraging exploration without feeling repetitive. This design choice enhances the player's ability to navigate the world and discover new areas. | 4% |
| Well-designed, challenging boss fight | The final boss fight is well-designed and challenging, requiring attention to both the boss and ad management. The checkpoint system prevents full resets upon death, allowing players to respawn outside the arena and re-enter with the boss's health partially depleted or unchanged. | 3% |
| Fluid, responsive movement | The game's movement animations and fluidity stand out, and the movement feels responsive. This contributes to a more enjoyable and immersive gameplay experience. | 3% |