Those Who Remain

 Xbox One
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. TheXboxHub
    Jun 4, 2020
    60
    Those Who Remain on Xbox One is a decent exploration horror that will take you around seven hours to complete. I enjoyed the story, the characters, and what the game was trying to achieve through the narrative. The gameplay - with its focus on light and the alternate reality - has a unique selling point that is intriguing enough to delve into. But the stealth sections and the overriding motion sickness let the whole thing down.
  2. IGN
    May 28, 2020
    60
    Those Who Remain features an eerie atmosphere, inventive puzzles, and some moments of genuine tension via its shape-shifting world, but fussy controls, one-dimensional stealth, and a narrative that lacks cohesion prevent it from stepping completely out of the darkness and into the spotlight.
  3. XboxAddict
    Aug 10, 2020
    55
    While Those Who Remain will only last a handful of hours, depending on how much searching you need to do for the items to progress constantly, the gameplay loop is quite dull and never really changes. I did enjoy the narrative once I started to figure out what’s going on and what Edward’s involvement was, but I eventually just wanted it to end. Sure there are multiple endings to encourage multiple playthroughs to make different moral choices, but I was good once I the credits rolled the first time.
  5. Critical Hit
    Jun 2, 2020
    55
    There’s a good game buried within Those Who Remain’s many shortcomings, but it blunders the final hundred meters of its dash for survival like a sorority girl outrunning a slasher in a forest filled with tree roots. Repetitive scenarios of item-hunting tarnish the more ingenious puzzles you’re presented with, horror clichés sour an otherwise wonderfully tense atmosphere and a control scheme from hell drags a promising game back into the shadows, never to be seen again.
  6. SomosXbox
    Jun 29, 2020
    50
    On the technical side, Those Who Remain is a disaster. An unplayable game that must be updated as soon as possible to enjoy it at all. In the other hand, we find a proposal that does not create anything, but proves to be interesting
  7. GameSkinny
    Jun 4, 2020
    50
    Those Who Remain won't stay with you for long, but with some good scares and a story that twists more than I expected, it's a decent horror story for an evening.
  8. Vandal
    May 31, 2020
    50
    Those Who Remain does a great job with its art style, but that’s about it. Yes, it will keep you entertained for a few hours, but it’s very unoriginal and the performance on Xbox One X is atrocious, at least at launch.

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User Score
4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. Xbox_Alive
    Jun 1, 2020
    6
    Those Who Remain is a First-Person Horror Adventure. You are Edward, and you've come to this ramshackle motel near the town of Dormont toThose Who Remain is a First-Person Horror Adventure. You are Edward, and you've come to this ramshackle motel near the town of Dormont to break it off with your mistress and try to make right the life you're destroying with your family. You arrive to find her bags in the room, and the shower running, but she's nowhere to be found. Edward now sets out on foot to the nearby town to find everything is all wrong. Figures with glowing blue eyes linger in the darkness, greeting you with long knives if you dare enter their shadows. Seriously, walking into a place that's just a bit too dark is rewarded with instant death. With your checkpoints few and far between, this can make gameplay frustrating as you could be sent back to have to replay quite a bit, and you sidestep one time into a shadow and have to do it all again. The game plays hard on this darkness, as a lot of the game's puzzles will have you dealing with it, like knocking things out of the way to let light pass or finding a small object in a darkened room. The reticle has it's tricky moments, and you will be digging through a lot of drawers, that if you aren't pointing precisely at the object, you'll likely close the drawer. There is a ton of fun and inspiring concepts that are unfortunately lost in the frustration the game can induce. The game has multiple endings based on the decisions you make along the way. A decent horror game can be found here beneath the frustrations that fans of the genre should appreciate.… Full Review »
  2. Benjaminblue
    Dec 13, 2020
    4
    The developer def gets A for effort. This was one of the hardest games for me to complete because of how broken it is at times. I gotThe developer def gets A for effort. This was one of the hardest games for me to complete because of how broken it is at times. I got through the whole game as I wanted to see the rest of the story. I cannot recommend this game to anyone. I was however terrified for most of the game due to the mother glitching and how I was not able to progress due to unintentional obstacles at times in the pursuit areas.… Full Review »
  3. GamesTranslator
    Dec 8, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. As a horror fan, this game caught my eye for its interesting premise and really eerie atmosphere.

    The first few levels are nice to play, with "the others" being really creepy and ominous.

    However, as you progress, the game becomes more dull and suddenly quite more difficult for no reason whatsoever.

    I finally decided to quit playing on the chase scene of the post office level, after more than two dozen retries.

    If it weren't for the very ineffective interface, lack of instructions and ridiculously difficult "boss" levels (in which your sole objetive is getting an item to progress through the game), this might have been a very good game.    … Full Review »
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