Adventure · July 24, 2014

Gods Will Be Watching (2014)

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Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect. Set against the backdrop of an interstellar struggle, Gods Will Be Watching follows Sgt. Burden and his crew in six tense chapters from hostage situations and wilderness survival to biological weapon prevention and agonizing torture scenarios. Each decision is crucial and players will need to choose between the lives of their team and the saving the world from genocide. There's no good or evil, just decisions, with only you and the gods as a judge to your actions. An innovative departure from the traditional point and click adventure taking place in six intimate, tension-filled scenarios linked together through an epic narrative of interstellar espionage. Set morals aside as you navigate Sgt. Burden and his team through harrowing predicaments and make decisions that will either save your team or sacrifice their lives for the sake of the mission. Solve a wide variety of narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas using your own wits and burden the consequences of your choices. Do you intimidate or comfort your hostages to maintain your tenuous control of the situation? Should you kill the weakest member of your party to save on food for the strong? What is one life worth in the face of annihilation? Receive your judgment from the gods upon failure and compare your choices to all other players in the universe over time. Over 1,500 beautifully designed sprites tell your story against 15 stunning backgrounds and an emotionally stirring orchestral soundtrack.

Adventure releases from 2014

41 Adventure titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Indie · 147
  • Pixel Graphics · 145
  • Point & Click · 127
  • Sci-fi · 122
  • Story Rich · 112
  • Difficult · 109
  • Adventure · 109
  • Dark · 97
  • Choices Matter · 89
  • Thriller · 73
  • Singleplayer · 73
  • Puzzle · 73
  • Atmospheric · 66
  • Strategy · 63
  • Survival · 63

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.9k Steam reviewsTop 74% in Adventure
Positive rating70% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 94%
Metacritic64/100Genre average 77 — top 93% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 79% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

70%Mostly Positive · 2.9k reviews

2.0k positive · 864 negative

Metacritic

64/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.5/10

Curator recommendations

2.2k

Press Quotes

“Gods Will Be Watching takes adventure games to new, dark, and strategic places.” 8/10 – IGN “...a very clever, very different kind of adventure that will make you feel and make you feel bad...” 8/10 – PC Gamer “God Will Be Watching is a fantasy that captures a very real, disturbing hint of apocalyptic reality.” The AV Club

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 24, 2014
DeveloperDeconstructeam
PublisherDevolver Digital
Base price$1.99 -80%
Required age16+
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

35

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese - Brazil

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Editions & Packages

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