Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Last updated: 2025-04-10
- Enjoyable experience with stealth and strategic combat.
- Challenging resource and survivor management is emphasized.
- Distinctive and appealing 1980s aesthetic.
- Varied exploration offers rewarding discoveries.
- Numerous bugs and poor performance reported.
- Unbalanced difficulty and limited replayability.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 213
- Helpful reviews
- 75%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 24%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 67%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 33%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 287
- Negative points
- 261
- Gameplay points
- 70
- Perf. points
- 32
- Rec. points
- 113
- Misc points
- 19
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Overall fun and enjoyable experience | Many reviewers express overall enjoyment of the game, praising its graphics, sound design, and engaging gameplay. Some reviewers were pleasantly surprised by the game's quality, especially considering its Early Access status. The game is considered fun, enjoyable, and well-made. | 84% |
| Stealth and strategic combat emphasized | The game emphasizes stealth and strategic combat, requiring players to utilize mechanics like hiding, peeking, and sound awareness to avoid or outsmart zombies. Facing multiple zombies head-on is often fatal, making stealth crucial for survival. Combat is optional, and players can often evade zombies by sneaking or using cover. | 65% |
| Challenging resource and survivor management | The game focuses on survivor management, resource scarcity, and the consequences of every decision. Players must manage the physical and emotional states of their group, scavenge for resources, and make strategic choices about who eats, sleeps, and risks going outside. Permanent character death increases the tension and makes each decision impactful. | 61% |
| Distinctive 1980s aesthetic | The game features a distinct 1980s aesthetic, with retro fonts, cassette icons, and evocative location design. This art style enhances the atmosphere and creates a unique vibe. | 54% |
| Varied and rewarding exploration | The game features a variety of explorable locations, each with unique designs and secrets. Exploration is rewarding, with hidden Easter eggs, secret passages, and a sense of freedom to discover new areas. | 53% |
| Accessible crafting and item balance | The game features crafting mechanics that are easy to learn and use. The item balance is well-done, providing enough resources to collect without overwhelming the player. | 49% |
| Tense survivor recruitment | Players can find new survivors while scavenging, but encounters may not always be peaceful. The tension of scavenging while protecting a group of survivors creates a sense of real stakes. | 6% |
| Unique survivor duos with strengths | The game allows players to choose from unique survivor duos, each with complementary strengths and weaknesses. These duos offer different play styles and add depth to the gameplay. | 6% |
| Dynamic shelter management | The game streamlines shelter management by automatically collecting loot when claiming a new shelter. Relocating shelters adds tension and keeps the gameplay loop dynamic. | 5% |
| Fluid parkour and movement | Survivor movements are smooth, and parkour feels natural. The parkour and climbing mechanics are well-implemented. | 3% |