Signalis

 PC
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. New Game Network
    Nov 21, 2022
    71
    Intriguing visual design, a well-tuned action loop, and varied puzzles hold SIGNALIS steady against interference from silly item juggling and an incomprehensible narrative.
  2. Edge Magazine
    Nov 5, 2022
    70
    The perspective might be different, but practically everything else from those games has its analogue here. [Issue#378, p.118]
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  3. GameGrin
    Oct 25, 2022
    65
    I can confidently recommend SIGNALIS for its puzzle element, but its combat, inventory, and sound design manage to bog it down to a merely okay title.
  5. GamesRadar+
    Oct 25, 2022
    60
    All this administrative juggling also takes its toll on a story that's hard enough to follow even when it has your full attention. With a cast of characters that can be difficult to tell apart, crucial details buried in reams of documents, and a penchant for surreal interludes, it takes some work to keep up with the haunting undercurrent of Signalis. At times it does seem worth the effort, because there are intriguing themes burrowing away behind the scenes. But then you find a key that prompts yet another trek across the current area, and perhaps it doesn't after all.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Oct 25, 2022
    A sapphic, sci-fi fever dream that finds horror and beauty among the stars, Signalis is dense and alluring to the last. [Eurogamer Essential]
  2. Polygon
    Oct 25, 2022
    Signalis is a game that asks you to repeatedly plunge yourself into the abyss and face what meets you there. Those willing to look beyond its occasional nagging pain points and homage-laden surface will find a surprisingly intimate take on cosmic horror, one which beckons the player to consider, again and again and again, the question of what truly makes a person who they are, and just how far are they willing to go to keep a promise to a friend.
  3. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Nov 2, 2022
    As I understood the story, it left me satisfied, but it also left me 100% ready to watch an hour-long video essay on what I missed. But poems can move you as textures of language, ideas, and images, even if you don’t fully grasp their meaning, and Signalis definitely got me right in the feels. If you’ve got any affection for PS1 survival horror, queer android love stories, cold war paranoia aesthetics, retrofuturism, or cosmic horror when people who aren’t Lovecraft do far more interesting stuff with it, Signalis is a must play. [RPS Bestest Bests]
  5. The Verge
    Oct 31, 2022
    Signalis isn’t shy about its influences, but it’s so well crafted. By the time it’s all done, the game definitely has its own distinct identity — and plenty of grainy horrors to haunt your dreams.

Awards & Rankings

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#73 Best PC Game of 2022
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#63 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 122 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 99 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 122
  3. Negative: 13 out of 122
  1. Zer0TheHer0
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    Can't change keyboard binds. this is unacceptable in this time and age. There is no excuse for the lack of complete key rebinding otpion.
  2. lite_lite
    Oct 30, 2022
    6
    крч крайне специфический проект

    разрабы понятно чем вдохновлялись, но кажется забыли, что мы в 2к22 находимся, и некоторые игровые    крч крайне специфический проект

    разрабы понятно чем вдохновлялись, но кажется забыли, что мы в 2к22 находимся, и некоторые игровые условности крайне неудочно сюда перетащили, вроде крайне ограниченного инвентаря, что порождает просто дебильнейшую беготню туда-сюда, от ящика к загадке

    плюс в начале нужно додуматься некоторые вещи в сундук убирать, т.к. они не пригодятся, а вот далее не всё так однозначно, тот же фонарь - я его убрал в определенный момент и дальше ой как пожалел, мб конечно это так задуманно, но игра сама по себе очень кривая местами, от чего эти вещи воспринимаются как раздражающие, а не добавляющие челленджа

    боевка полный кал, лучше бы её вообще не было и сфокусировались чисто на загадках и прочем

    пару раз застревал и вообще не мог вдуплить че делать, открывал гайд и.....оказывается в УГЛУ определенной комнаты есть дверь, которая никак себя не идентефицирует как дверь, её тупо НЕ ВИДНО, и по иронии в этот же момент карта не доступна, не подсмотреть

    далее - пиксельхантинг при подборе предметов, открывании дверей и добиваниях тихий ужас - срабатывает в лучшем случае со второго раза. да и в целом управление не самое годное, к сожалению

    нарратив - странно, непонятно, вроде и атмосферно, и стильно, но по моему вкусу намешали всякой ереси, те же враги выглядят всрато и неуместно, будто бы из другой игры

    понимаю, что отсутствие шарма объясняется маленьким бюджетом, но всё же

    по итогу я уже вроде ближе к концу, но хз, буду ли допроходить, ибо крайне уныло и скучно    … Full Review »
  3. candidKlutz
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    Signalis is an absolutely outstanding survival horror game. A very oldschool style of survival horror, too, and all the better for it. YourSignalis is an absolutely outstanding survival horror game. A very oldschool style of survival horror, too, and all the better for it. Your inventory is incredibly limited, so your choices for what you carry with you are very important. The story has enough that's easy enough to understand that you can still follow the plot, but it has far more mystery and lore for you to piece together and figure out what's happening that makes it so much more engaging to interact with. People are going to be theorizing about the story for years to come, and I for one can't wait for it. I think that any fan of survival horror games, horror in general, or even just retro aesthetics should play this game. It is easily my 2022 game of the year.… Full Review »
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