Platforms
- PCAug 24, 20167.7playscore7.618 Critics7.93.25K Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 29, 20177.3playscore6.55 Critics0.0682 Players
- Xbox OneApr 10, 20207.7playscore7.74 Critics0.0111 Players
26 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Again though, I still really enjoyed my time with Obduction, even despite getting severely stuck at points. It looks great, there’s a compelling tale being told and for the most part the puzzles are just the right balance of difficulty, rewarding our time spent invested in exploring the world. A little more guidance – even an optional hint system – could have kept me from visiting Google, but the fact I still wanted to continue means it must be doing something right.
Jamie Collyer · Apr 10, 2020 Reviewed on XB1Read full review - All in all, I really did enjoy my time with Obduction, even if there were a few issues that hampered the experience. It’s beautiful, fascinating, and creative. Although, the second half definitely slows down a lot due to huge backtracking sections and long loading times. The perplexing conundrum you find yourself in will keep you digging for answers.
Heidi Hawes · Apr 10, 2020 Reviewed on XB1Read full review - Obduction houses not one, but many vibrant, lush, and mysterious worlds in a package that seems to be made for old Myst fans like myself. The balance of symbiotic nature of environment, narrative, and puzzle design means that Obduction constantly feels riveting and natural. It’s a delight to experience a modern game with that classic Cyan design, but the technical issues detract from the experience far too much, even going as far as artificially increasing the time it takes to complete some puzzles.
Chandler Wood · Sep 01, 2017 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Obduction manages to capture what made Myst and Riven such great adventure games with an amazing atmosphere, mysterious story and challenging puzzles that engage players from the very beginning. With no hand holding whatsoever, Obduction can be a frustrating experience at times, but the desire to learn more about the game's world and events propels things forward. Unfortunately, several bugs and glitches currently found in the game damage the experience a bit, but if you can cope with them, Obduction can be a very rewarding adventure title.
Francesco De Meo · Sep 13, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - I really enjoyed the 10 hours it took me to complete Obduction, but it left me wanting more in a number of ways. More worlds to explore, more complexity from its puzzles, and even more of that nostalgic feeling it evoked so well. It harkens back to the glory days of Myst and Riven, and at the very least proves that Cyan still knows how to build engaging and mysterious worlds.
Tom Marks · Sep 01, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Obduction feels like a game that belongs in the 1990s with a modern-day coat of paint. If you haven't played an adventure game since then, you might be pleasantly surprised, but I'd have rather spent my time replaying Firewatch, Oxenfree, or any number of other quality adventure titles instead of this buggy mess.
Jed Whitaker · Aug 31, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Its puzzles require keen observation and perseverance, and while player-made missteps can lead to mental fatigue, Obduction's commitment to keeping the onus of discovery on you means that deciphering the game’s intricate puzzles is often gratifying despite occasional frustrations along the way. Just make sure to take breaks and clear your head once in a while
Edmond Tran · Aug 30, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Obduction’s gradually unfolding setting is compelling, and its narrative answers your big questions while leaving enough ambiguity to uphold a sense of mystery. A few exceptional puzzles reproduce the best of the genre’s glory days but the gameplay moments filling the space between them are too uneven and unrefined. Since it comes from the same creative talent, Obduction clearly takes some pages from Myst’s book, but these excerpts only result in flashes of greatness rather than a true successor.
Joe Juba · Aug 30, 2016 Reviewed on PC - It would be easy for a game like Obduction to feel like a solitary, lonely experience, but the trick of the thing is that it doesn’t at all. In the story, although you are mostly alone, you are surrounded by signs of life: tiny slices of normality in an impossible place. In the play of it, I was always aware that Obduction is a thing meant to be beaten — that unlike so many things in life, each instance of confusion will eventually be paired to clarity.
Noah Caldwell-Gervais · Aug 25, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It’s a special thing when a game gifts you a superior experience without traditional or prescribed story mechanics, and from that perspective Obduction prevails completely. Some of the puzzles and paths can become overused and tiring after a while, but on the whole it stretches the mind in the right ways. For what it sets out to do, it does it pretty perfectly, and I think both fans and newcomers alike will appreciate its ingenuity.
Caitlin Cooke · Aug 24, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Everyday life is gone. An organic artifact that fell from the sky inexplicably transports you across the universe. You're in a place called Hunrath, with pieces of earth scattered within an alien landscape. Nobody’s here - well... almost nobody. Explore, uncover, solve, decide. This is your story now.
Developer: Cyan Inc.