Someday You'll Return Reviews

Someday You'll Return is ranked in the 25th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
No Recommendation / Blank
May 12, 2020

There's plenty to admire in this smart and adventurous horror, though you'll have to endure some missteps to get there.

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IGN
Top Critic
5 / 10.0
May 5, 2020

Someday You'll Return is just barely worth it the first time, let alone a game you might actually come back to.

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TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
7 / 10
May 15, 2020

When Someday You'll Return is at its best, it is one of the finest immersive horror games I've played. Its take on psychological horror and ability to create a sense of dread is second to none, but that comes with some caveats. It can drag in parts, has some frustrating stealth sections and some puzzles that are needlessly obscure, but if you're prepared to make it through the less successful moments, there is a lot to love here.

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8 / 10.0
May 5, 2020

This narrative adventure with high doses of terror serves the player a large number of mechanics, a variety of settings, situations, an engaging story and countless secrets.

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6 / 10.0
May 6, 2020

Someday You'll Return has some incredible atmosphere, but ultimately fails to scare due to some poor, forced stealth sections and tiresome crafting mechanics.

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75 / 100
May 7, 2020

Someday You'll Return is a psychological horror game about a father searching for his daughter in the woods. Various mechanics such as manual climbing, puzzle solving, crafting, and herbalism all keep gameplay fresh and engaging. Herbalism isn't used as much as it could've been, which is a shame since it's pretty neat. Through it all, you'll start to question your own sanity.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
5 / 10
Jul 16, 2020

Someday You'll Return has a great idea, beautiful Czech nature and a moderately exciting storyline, but just drowns in a boring and ridiculous gameplay.

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PC Invasion
Top Critic
9 / 10
May 4, 2020

Someday You'll Return is an immensely rewarding game with excellent visuals, world design, and storytelling. Poor signposting and trial-and-error can lead to frustration, but the experience is very much worth it regardless.

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Justin Woo
Top Critic
5.3 / 10.0
May 11, 2020

Someday You'll Return is an ambitious failure. It tries to cram together too many disparate game systems while failing to handle narrative and character in a way that could've made this game work. I wanted to like it; I went into it with great enthusiasm and quit it with an equally intense frustration.

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5 / 10.0
May 11, 2020

Someday You'll Return is an occasionally pretty game with a splash of interesting ideas and visuals that are unfortunately let down by shoddy performance, abysmal storytelling and an overall lack of care placed into its presentation.

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4 / 10
May 8, 2020

Someday You'll Return looked promising and starts quite well. But quickly, due to some weird choices in terms of interactions, awful acting and a lot of bugs, it just turns into a disappointing and frustrating experience to which you'll never want to return.

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4 / 10
May 15, 2020

Patient horror lovers with a taste for eastern European nature might find something enjoyable here. Otherwise, look elsewhere for your adrenaline-pumping kicks.

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Jump Dash Roll
Evan Prather
Top Critic
6 / 10
May 14, 2020

It definitely has its moments, but Someday You'll Return hides its charms behind hours of mindless puzzles and unnecessary filler.

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6.5 / 10.0
May 28, 2020

Did I enjoy Someday You’ll Return and is it worth the money? Yes, understatement of the year. It has a few problems, but that doesn’t stop it from being a pretty great and enjoyable game.

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2.8 / 5.0
May 14, 2020

Someday You'll Return is a typical psychological horror game that brings nothing new to the table.

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KeenGamer
Kira Laib
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 6, 2020

In the story-driven horror game Someday You'll Return, you'll try on the role of desperate father looking for his teenage daughter Stela in the macabre Moravian woods. So, cowboy up and be prepared to start down a hazardous journey into the darkness with our PC review of Someday You'll Return.

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6 / 10.0
May 7, 2020

Almost as quickly as it starts to get good, this genre-spanning indie horror drops the ball by tossing its best ideas out the window and overstaying its welcome

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5 / 10.0
May 5, 2020

Despite some interesting ideas, Someday You'll Return is much less than the sum of its parts. It's not unplayable or a buggy mess but fails to really conjure any kind of intrigue or dread despite its attempts.

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8 / 10.0
May 4, 2020

Someday You'll Return is a brilliant story-driven adventure that revolves around the troubled relationship of family members. Also, the game introduces an innovative and complex inventory system and some splendid puzzles.

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6.5 / 10.0
May 4, 2020

Someday You'll Return has some intersting ideas that mash together in a bit of an odd way, and can be worth experincing if you don't mind a crummy story, bad horror stealth, and occasionally iffy puzzles.

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