Blair Witch
Blair Witch Reviews Summary
Summary: Blair Witch is a great tribute to the cult classic 90s film, but some mediocre puzzle design and occasional performance issues do ruin the overall experience.
Authentic Experience
Blair Witch builds on the aesthetics of the cult classic film by providing an authentic horror experience.
Frustrating Game Design
Some poorly designed puzzles and mediocre game design bog down the overall experience.
Poor Performance on Switch
The Switch port of Blair Witch suffers with numerous graphical and performance issues.
Rating Summary
Based on 113 critic reviews
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Critics Recommend
Top Critic
An interesting horror game that never manages to escape the shadow of its '90s inspiration.
Top Critic
Blair Witch is a harrowing walk in the woods that deserves a spot in the horror game pantheon alongside Amnesia, Silent Hill, and their like.
Top Critic
Though its lack of polish, pacing problems, and predictable story make it difficult to recommend unreservedly, Blair Witch is nonetheless packed with a number of successful scares and memorable set-pieces that draw admirably on the franchise's lore - and oh, do I love that dog.
Top Critic
An uneven mix of tense psychological drama and buggy, half-broken gameplay mechanics but the end result is still one of the better movie tie-ins of recent years.
Top Critic
A fine take on psychological horror cut down by bugs and wonkiness.
Top Critic
Blair Witch does a good job capturing the sensation of getting lost – something I actively try to avoid. A memorable final act partially redeems the tedium of getting to that point
Top Critic
Blair Witch too often lets trivial combat and simple puzzles get in the way of an engrossing and unsettling setting that captures the true spirit of the original film.
Top Critic
The stakes are high in Blair Witch, as these woods aren’t known to take prisoners. But with two characters at the heart of this game, I only really care about one of them coming home alive.
Top Critic
So, is the Blair Witch game a good fit for a franchise many have mostly written off by now? As a fan of said series, I would say yes. It absolutely has its faults, with the poorly paced gameplay and story elements being the worst offenders, but the amazing set pieces and psychological horror do a great job of raising the heart rate of anyone willing to venture through the forest. Ultimately, there are a lot of interesting ideas here, but they simply don't come together like they needed to in order to make the best of them.
Top Critic
It’s a shame the pacing does such a number on Blair Witch. It deals with some heady topics like PTSD, mental illness, and police shootings. Instead of hitting you hard and fast and hooking you, it lets your attention fade in between major plot points. Furthermore, it doesn’t use the Blair Witch lore to effect.
