Alone With You

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Aug 30, 2016
    90
    No, the mundanity is kept to a thematic level, and that’s what makes Alone With You as a whole so impactful. It’s a game about loneliness, love, and what it means to be human, and that’s a beautiful thing.
  2. Vandal
    Sep 11, 2016
    80
    Alone with You is very interesting, well-made and tells a good, mature story. It might be a little bit text-heavy, but it you're ok with that, give it a try.
  3. 4Players.de
    Sep 3, 2016
    80
    Don’t get fooled by the cheesy description “Sci-Fi Romance”. This is an intelligent adventure novel. Unfortunately the puzzles can’t live up to the storytelling.
  5. Brash Games
    Aug 26, 2016
    80
    People, you need this game. I cannot tell you enough, it is a game that is worthy of your time. It is one of those games you feel envelope you, suck you in and hold you close. It will stick with you long after the roll of the credits; Alone With You truly is a special game.
  6. GameSpot
    Aug 26, 2016
    80
    A game that warrants repeated playthroughs to see both endings and experience other relationship choices. Alone With You bears some heavy thematic overlap with recent games like SOMA, Everyone’s Gone to Rapture, and other story-centric releases that focus on the nature of what makes you human, the importance of relationships and contact, and mortality. It’s different enough to feel new despite its retro roots, delivering impactful scenes that shine thanks to a stellar script that brings its few, but emotionally charged, characters to life.
  7. CGMagazine
    Aug 23, 2016
    80
    Alone With You might not innovate in the gameplay department, but more than makes up for it with a narrative that’ll leave you torn, contemplative, and heartbroken.
  8. Destructoid
    Aug 22, 2016
    80
    Alone With You truly is special. The unassuming nature of its visuals didn’t prepare me for how impactful the narrative was going to be. It may not be the most involved of games, but it latches onto your heart and doesn’t let go. The game sticks with you well after the credits.
  9. Digital Chumps
    Aug 29, 2016
    78
    Alone With You sometimes suffers inside of its medium, an understandable impedance of a small project that simply can't be good at everything. Its eagerness to sidestep conventional challenges with singular objectives, however, will last longer than some of its prosaic mechanics. Valuable science fiction maintains a crucial element of humanity, a facet of storytelling Alone With You embraces with, of all possibilities, relatable human beings.
  10. Post Arcade (National Post)
    Aug 22, 2016
    75
    Befriending (and perhaps even falling in love) with artificial humans is not an entirely novel premise for a story, but Benjamin Rivers approaches the idea thoughtfully and with tact, avoiding obvious pitfalls. What he has to say on the subject is worth a few dollars and few hours of any sci-fi aficionado’s time.

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 5 out of 16
  1. GrahfZeppelin
    Aug 31, 2016
    10
    It's one thing to make a beautiful looking and sounding game, it's another to make a UNIQUELY beautiful looking and sounding game. TheIt's one thing to make a beautiful looking and sounding game, it's another to make a UNIQUELY beautiful looking and sounding game. The graphics are stunning in their originality and atmosphere and the music and SFX are atmospheric and haunting lending perfectly to the overall feel of the game.

    The game play is standard puzzle solving with more of a focus on the surprisingly deep world that's been created. Interactions with your holographic colleagues you meet throughout the game can be both comforting and unsettling as you unravel the events leading up to the games main story and find a way to escape this doomed colony.

    This game is not for everyone as it falls more onto the "Visual Novel" spectrum of gaming as opposed to puzzle adventure but, with it's excellent price and unique presentation I like to think gamers who wouldn't normally steer towards dialogue heavy retro inspired games might give this one a try.

    An absolute treat to play and an all around great experience I won't forget anytime soon.    … Full Review »
  2. drlowdon
    Sep 14, 2022
    4
    The last survivor of a mission to inhabit a hostile planet attempts to escape with the help of an advanced AI.

    The story isn’t totally    The last survivor of a mission to inhabit a hostile planet attempts to escape with the help of an advanced AI.

    The story isn’t totally uninteresting but the ‘gameplay’, which consists pretty much entirely of wandering between/around locations clicking the X button, is dull and repetitive and I quickly lost interest.    … Full Review »
  3. HijikataT7
    Jan 6, 2021
    2
    played this as a free PSN monthy free games, try to platinum this game, first playthrough is ok, quite boring story, super blurry graphics, soplayed this as a free PSN monthy free games, try to platinum this game, first playthrough is ok, quite boring story, super blurry graphics, so many useless unskipable transition and sleeps... and then i found out i need play it 4 more times..., it should be titled Sleep simulator, it makes me sleepy on 1st playthrough, by the third i almost giving up, cant wait to delete the game, what a waste of time, i guess any retro games will get a high critics score LOL.… Full Review »
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