Platforms
- PCJan 12, 20168.1playscore7.823 Critics8.81.08K Players
- iOSOct 6, 2016NAplayscoreNA0 Critics8.9167 Players
24 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- While That Dragon, Cancer isn't a completely successful experiment, I have to applaud it for doing something challenging and different. Perhaps the next time a game like this comes along, it will go even further. Oh and it's beautiful.
Georgina Young · Feb 02, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The representation of a familly dealing with the protracted illness of a child is well done, but wasn't as interesting to me as the exploration of faith that was inextricably woven into it.
Alice Bell · Jan 19, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - We all inevitably lose everything. That Dragon, Cancer is a brave family’s journey through true loss and the search for relief. It’s not a guarantee that we’ll all be OK through thick and thin. The story is too personal for that kind of reassurance.
James Davenport · Jan 15, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Although not every part of That Dragon, Cancer works, it’s a crushingly intimate game that left me thankful for the people who are still in my life, and reflective on those who are not. I’m so grateful to the Greens for sharing their experience.
Lucy O'Brien · Jan 15, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It is so fitting that this is a game, not a movie. From the jilting scene transitions to selective interactions, the dioramic games within the game to the increased level of abstraction and perspective changes, the mode of storytelling works. But it mostly excels at being a lesson that as much as you can "game-ify" elements of life, you will be confronted with perma-death—real death.
Gil Almogi · Jan 15, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - I cannot recommend this to everyone because of the sheer difficulty of the experience, but I nonetheless challenge anyone who has lost a loved one or faced great trouble in their life to take this journey, share in human togetherness with the Greens and their friends, and observe the beauty that blossomed from the life and death of Joel Green.
T.J. Denzer · Jan 15, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - That Dragon, Cancer isn't a game for everyone. It can't be. However, anyone who's struggled through a hard fought battle with cancer probably knows that hallway full of cards very intimately, knows they aren't alone, and that their struggles are very real, very important, and almost impossible to explain it all to the world. Almost, but not entirely, impossible.
Taylor Hidalgo · Jan 13, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It’s virtually impossible to not bring one’s own biases into That Dragon, Cancer, because death and disease are universal. Just as it’s impossible to quantify whether the exploration of those two heavy topics is worth the time and considerable emotional energy, it’s impossible to truly quantify the immeasurable value of being able to not just forever present the best version of a person to the world, but being able to earn his presence in every way his parents did.
Justin Clark · Jan 13, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - So, from a subjective standpoint, I would argue that, despite not being a great product, That Dragon, Cancer is still very good at what it does – forging a link with its audience and delivering a love-filled, mercilessly sad, story. It’s being sold as a product, it should be criticized for that, but it should also be praised for the things it does so very well.
Jim Sterling · Jan 12, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review - As a monument to a son, it's incredibly touching to see. The final scenes of the game were a beautiful bookend to a life cut short and without a doubt left me in tears for quite some time. That Dragon, Cancer is a beautiful experience, if one that would have benefited considerably from having content cut to improve the flow, pacing, and tone.
Laura Kate Dale · Jan 11, 2016 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Developer: Numinous Games