Gods Will Be Watching
Point-and-click sci-fi survival puzzles with hard moral choices
Deconstructeam · Published by Devolver Digital · Released Jul 24, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 2,948
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 years ago
- Aug 19, 2015
Metacritic: 64/100 (critic reviews)
What is Gods Will Be Watching?
This point-and-click sci-fi thriller follows Sgt. Burden and his crew through an interstellar conflict. Across six chapters, you choose actions in crises such as hostage situations and wilderness survival, solve narrative puzzles, and decide whose lives to risk for the mission.
For you if...
- +you enjoy difficult resource management puzzles under pressure
- +you want a dark sci-fi story shaped by choices
- +you like learning new rules in each chapter
Not for you if...
- −you want a forgiving game with few retries
- −you dislike luck affecting careful plans
- −you expect traditional point-and-click exploration and item puzzles
What players say
70% of 2,948 reviews are positive
Players praise the story, soundtrack, and challenging resource-management puzzles. Many complain that random setbacks and long restarts turn chapters into tedious trial and error; a few also report crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Gods Will Be Watching system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core™ Duo or faster
- Graphics
- Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with at least 512Mb
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 460 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 16+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- Point & Click
- Sci-fi
- Story Rich
- Difficult
- Adventure
- Dark
- Choices Matter
- Singleplayer
- Puzzle
- Thriller
- Atmospheric
- Survival
- Strategy
- Resource Management
Recent updates
- Aug 19, 2015 · Gods Will Be Watching - August 19, 2015 Update
- Aug 19, 2015 · Gods Will Be Watching - August 19, 2015 Update
- May 28, 2015 · Gods Will Be Watching - May 28, 2015 - Free DLC Update - The Last Chapter
- May 28, 2015 · Gods Will Be Watching - May 28, 2015 - Free DLC Update - The Last Chapter
- Sep 2, 2014 · Gods Will Be Watching - September 2, 2014 Update
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