Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Last updated: 2025-04-19
- Great genre mix with immersive, stunning visuals.
- Enjoyable combat system with unique, challenging bosses.
- Excellent music and well-optimized performance.
- Clunky, unintuitive control scheme.
- Weak magic damage and limited mobility.
- Uninspired and passive skill tree.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 569
- Helpful reviews
- 73%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 22%
- Protest reviews
- 5%
- 66%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 34%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 874
- Negative points
- 757
- Gameplay points
- 196
- Perf. points
- 47
- Rec. points
- 274
- Misc points
- 36
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Great mix of genres
| The game effectively blends Metroidvania and Souls-like elements, offering a balanced and enjoyable experience. It encourages exploration, provides a lengthy adventure, and incorporates RPG depth through its skill tree and character progression systems. | 95% |
Visually stunning, immersive atmosphere
| The game features stunning visuals, a beautiful art style, and a captivating atmosphere. Reviewers praised the high-quality graphics, well-chosen voice actors, and overall polished presentation, making it visually impressive and immersive. | 89% |
Well-executed, enjoyable combat system
| The combat system is well-executed, responsive, and enjoyable, with a good balance of challenge and reward. Enemies and bosses are well-designed, and the controls are smooth, making combat feel satisfying and engaging. | 78% |
Excellent music and audio design
| The game features excellent music and audio design that complements the gameplay and enhances the atmosphere. The soundtrack is praised for its quality and atmospheric contribution. | 72% |
Unique and challenging bosses
| The game features well-designed and challenging bosses with unique mechanics. The difficulty is balanced, and players can level up to overcome challenges. | 68% |
Well-optimized, runs great on SteamDeck
| The game is well-optimized and runs smoothly on various platforms, including Steam Deck. It maintains a stable frame rate and offers online save functionality. | 64% |
Solid crafting system
| The game includes a solid crafting system that adds depth to the gameplay experience. The build crafting is good, allowing for further customization. | 64% |
Comparable to other genre favorites
| The game is compared favorably to other similar titles like Salt and Sanctuary, indicating its quality and appeal to fans of the genre. It retains positive aspects from demo and preview versions. | 59% |
Lives up to expectations, enjoyable
| The game lives up to expectations set by the demo and is enjoyable to play, especially in the early stages. Reviewers found the game to be a pleasant surprise and worth the money. | 53% |
Customizable, distinct personality
| The game offers a decent mix of elements from various sources, allowing players to customize their characters and play in their own styles. It has a distinct personality and offers lots of great options for customization. | 45% |
Deep character progression, customizable difficulty
| The game offers a deep and customizable character progression system with extensive skill trees and diverse classes. The difficulty is adjustable, catering to both casual and hardcore players, allowing for varied builds and playstyles. | 33% |
Interesting story, voiced NPCs
| The game features an interesting and engaging story with well-voiced NPCs. The plot is coherent and adds to the overall experience. | 8% |