Project Silverfish

Item: Project Silverfish
Rating: 96
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-06

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Summary

Impressive Early Access content and polish
Engaging, intense core gameplay
Strong STALKER-like experience
Unbalanced AI and difficulty
Lacks content and world depth
Visuals and audio need polish

Emotions

Satisfaction33%Excitement19%Frustration6%Enjoyment5%Anticipation4%

Reviews (sample size): 1065
Helpful reviews: 77%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 1%

96%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
4%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3515
Negative points: 817
Gameplay points: 814
Perf. points: 48
Rec. points: 513
Misc points: 329

Point	Description	Importance
Impressive Early Access Content & Polish Description Players are overwhelmingly positive about the game's current state, especially for an Early Access title. They frequently praise the substantial amount of content, high level of polish, and overall fun factor, often stating it feels like a full release. Many consider it a 'gem' and a great value for its price, expressing strong enjoyment and addiction. Importance 96%	Players are overwhelmingly positive about the game's current state, especially for an Early Access title. They frequently praise the substantial amount of content, high level of polish, and overall fun factor, often stating it feels like a full release. Many consider it a 'gem' and a great value for its price, expressing strong enjoyment and addiction.	96%
Engaging & Intense Core Gameplay Description The core gameplay loop is highly engaging, offering intense and satisfying gunplay that feels impactful and lethal. Players appreciate the challenging yet fair difficulty, the palpable tension, and the immersive survival horror elements. The game's pacing and responsive controls contribute to a deeply immersive and addictive experience. Importance 71%	The core gameplay loop is highly engaging, offering intense and satisfying gunplay that feels impactful and lethal. Players appreciate the challenging yet fair difficulty, the palpable tension, and the immersive survival horror elements. The game's pacing and responsive controls contribute to a deeply immersive and addictive experience.	71%
Strong STALKER-like Experience Description The game is widely praised for successfully capturing the essence and atmosphere of the STALKER series, often being called the 'spiritual successor' or 'STALKER-like' that fans have been waiting for. Reviewers frequently compare it favorably to STALKER and its mods, noting its streamlined mechanics and improved stability. Importance 52%	The game is widely praised for successfully capturing the essence and atmosphere of the STALKER series, often being called the 'spiritual successor' or 'STALKER-like' that fans have been waiting for. Reviewers frequently compare it favorably to STALKER and its mods, noting its streamlined mechanics and improved stability.	52%
Rewarding Exploration & Secrets Description Exploration is a highly rewarding aspect of the game, with players consistently discovering hidden content, secrets, and lore. The map design is praised for its density, interconnectedness, and the way it encourages players to think and observe rather than relying on markers. This fosters a strong sense of discovery and accomplishment. Importance 32%	Exploration is a highly rewarding aspect of the game, with players consistently discovering hidden content, secrets, and lore. The map design is praised for its density, interconnectedness, and the way it encourages players to think and observe rather than relying on markers. This fosters a strong sense of discovery and accomplishment.	32%
Atmospheric Low-Poly Art Style Description The game's art style, despite being low-poly, is highly effective in creating a compelling and immersive atmosphere. Players commend the detailed environments, clever lighting, and excellent sound design, which collectively enhance the tension and overall game feel. This approach is seen as a strength, proving that high-fidelity graphics aren't necessary for a rich experience. Importance 30%	The game's art style, despite being low-poly, is highly effective in creating a compelling and immersive atmosphere. Players commend the detailed environments, clever lighting, and excellent sound design, which collectively enhance the tension and overall game feel. This approach is seen as a strength, proving that high-fidelity graphics aren't necessary for a rich experience.	30%
Customizable & Unforgiving Design Description The game offers extensive customization options, particularly for character creation and difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor their experience. A key design philosophy is minimal hand-holding, which is appreciated by players who enjoy figuring things out on their own, leading to a more immersive and satisfying challenge. Importance 27%	The game offers extensive customization options, particularly for character creation and difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor their experience. A key design philosophy is minimal hand-holding, which is appreciated by players who enjoy figuring things out on their own, leading to a more immersive and satisfying challenge.	27%
Diverse & Satisfying Weaponry Description The game features an impressive and diverse arsenal of weapons, each feeling distinct and satisfying to use. Players enjoy the variety of firearms and tools, noting their impactful feel and good sound design. This wide selection encourages experimentation and adds depth to combat encounters. Importance 22%	The game features an impressive and diverse arsenal of weapons, each feeling distinct and satisfying to use. Players enjoy the variety of firearms and tools, noting their impactful feel and good sound design. This wide selection encourages experimentation and adds depth to combat encounters.	22%
Engaging Death & Progression Mechanics Description The game's death mechanics, including options for permadeath, respawn with item retention, or corpse runs, are well-received. These systems add tension and replayability, making each decision impactful and encouraging players to learn from their mistakes rather than simply reloading saves. The progression feels earned and balanced. Importance 15%	The game's death mechanics, including options for permadeath, respawn with item retention, or corpse runs, are well-received. These systems add tension and replayability, making each decision impactful and encouraging players to learn from their mistakes rather than simply reloading saves. The progression feels earned and balanced.	15%
Unique & Impactful Artifact System Description Artifacts are a unique and impactful mechanic, offering more than just basic stat boosts. They provide interesting advantages and disadvantages, often altering gameplay in significant ways. The hunt for these artifacts and discovering their synergistic properties adds a compelling layer of depth and replayability. Importance 12%	Artifacts are a unique and impactful mechanic, offering more than just basic stat boosts. They provide interesting advantages and disadvantages, often altering gameplay in significant ways. The hunt for these artifacts and discovering their synergistic properties adds a compelling layer of depth and replayability.	12%
Intriguing Lore & Worldbuilding Description The game's lore and worldbuilding are intriguing, with details drip-fed through exploration and interactions. Players enjoy piecing together the narrative and mysteries, which adds depth and encourages further engagement with the game's unique setting and factions. Importance 9%	The game's lore and worldbuilding are intriguing, with details drip-fed through exploration and interactions. Players enjoy piecing together the narrative and mysteries, which adds depth and encourages further engagement with the game's unique setting and factions.	9%
Effective Horror & Creature Design Description The game effectively incorporates horror elements through its eerie atmosphere, strange anomalies, and creative creature designs. Encounters with these mysterious and relentless enemies contribute to a tense and sometimes terrifying experience, enhancing the survival aspect. Importance 8%	The game effectively incorporates horror elements through its eerie atmosphere, strange anomalies, and creative creature designs. Encounters with these mysterious and relentless enemies contribute to a tense and sometimes terrifying experience, enhancing the survival aspect.	8%
Excellent & Immersive Sound Design Description The sound design is consistently praised for its quality and contribution to immersion. From realistic weapon sounds to environmental audio and enemy callouts, the audio cues enhance the atmosphere, provide tactical information, and make the world feel more alive and dangerous. Importance 7%	The sound design is consistently praised for its quality and contribution to immersion. From realistic weapon sounds to environmental audio and enemy callouts, the audio cues enhance the atmosphere, provide tactical information, and make the world feel more alive and dangerous.	7%

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