Saturnalia Reviews

Saturnalia is ranked in the 67th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Unscored
Oct 27, 2022

Saturnalia is a pulse-raising, shiver-making, dark little whisper; a beautiful horror game, and you won't have played anything like it before

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7 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2022

Saturnalia is one of a kind game, a roguelite survival horror that mixes sardinian floklore with a commendable visual art style.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2022

Saturnalia is a striking homage to Giallo films and makes effective use of Italian folklore to power its horror. It's often better in the ideas than it is in practice, but those are some damn good ideas.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2022

A game that conveys in a very fascinating way the principles of magical thinking, folk horror and hauntology connected to the Italian rural tradition thanks to an awesome artistic work. Gameplaywise, though, Saturnalia struggles to offer solid survival horror mechanics and the roguelite elements are quite shallow, while the core of the narrative adventure is nonetheless gripping and interesting.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2022

Saturnalia is a smart survival horror title that offers plenty of freedom despite its claustrophobic and anxiety-inducing encounters.

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Recommended
Oct 27, 2022

A pretty Sardinian village merges with all kinds of hellish influence in this nightmarish, claustrophic horror from arthouse developer Santa Ragione.

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