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"Druid" is an atmospheric adventure game set in a magic forest, where players control a druid searching for a teacher. The game features stylized graphics and requires solving puzzles and collecting magic runes to gain abilities, helping forest dwellers along the way. With a big set of abilities and numerous puzzles, players must navigate obstacles to find the teacher.

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65%
Audience ScoreBased on 114 reviews
story6 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions

  • The game features a charming minimalist art style and a pleasant natural atmosphere, making it enjoyable to explore.
  • The concept of helping woodland animals and solving simple puzzles is engaging and can be relaxing.
  • The game is short and can be completed in a couple of hours, making it suitable for casual play.
  • The game suffers from excessive backtracking and lacks a map, leading to frustration in navigation.
  • Puzzles are overly simplistic and repetitive, with many quests being fetch tasks that feel tedious.
  • Technical issues such as slow movement, poor animations, and a lack of customization options detract from the overall experience.
  • story
    34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story revolves around a young apprentice druid on a simplistic quest to find their master while completing mostly fetch quests for woodland creatures. While some players found the narrative intriguing and the music stellar, many criticized the story for being underdeveloped and the writing quality poor, leading to a lack of depth and engagement. Overall, the gameplay is described as peaceful but often aimless, with a confusing map layout and simplistic puzzles.

    • “The story was interesting, the music was stellar, and the puzzles were well thought out.”
    • “The story is very simple: you play as a young apprentice who decides to live in the wilderness and learn druidry, harnessing the powers of nature.”
    • “You play the titular druid, on an unexplained quest to find your master, another unnamed druid.”
    • “The story is very simple; you play as a young apprentice who decides to live in the wilderness and learn druidry, and harness the powers of nature.”
    • “The puzzles and quests are equally simplistic to the point of being as dull as the visuals and the rest of the implementation.”
    • “The game is about finding your way through the map, through a mix of quests (almost exclusively fetch quests), gaining abilities to advance, and the very occasional, rather simple, puzzle.”
  • graphics
    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics in the game are characterized by simplistic 2D art assets that some players find charming, while others view them as lackluster and dull. Although the minimalist style and hand-drawn elements appeal to certain users, the limited graphical options and overall quality leave much to be desired, with no significant improvements available for enhancing the visuals. Overall, the graphics evoke a casual and relaxing atmosphere, but they may not satisfy those seeking more depth or detail.

    • “It has a very appealing minimalist feel to it with its simple game mechanics, basic puzzles, and cartoon-like graphics.”
    • “The art style is relaxing.”
    • “I bought this game because it looked kind of neat with the hand-drawn art style and I like nature.”
    • “While there are options to change the resolution for the mobile app, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the mobile app, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
    • “Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lacklustre 2D visuals.”
    • “Character and animal graphics in Druid are two-dimensional sprites drawn in a simplistic manner.”
  • music
    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally described as mellow and pleasant, but it suffers from a lack of variety, with many players noting that the single repetitive track quickly becomes tiresome. While some appreciate the quality of the music, there is a strong desire for additional tracks to enhance the overall experience. Overall, the soundtrack is seen as a missed opportunity that detracts from the game's enjoyment.

    • “The soundtrack is quite mellow and nice.”
    • “Also, I liked the simple graphic style and music.”
    • “The story was interesting, the music was stellar, and the puzzles were well thought out.”
    • “Soundtrack gets repetitive real fast, could use one or two extra tracks and it would last through this short game.”
    • “There's also only one music track, which plays repetitively through the whole game.”
    • “I wish there was more variation in the music and less digital sounding compositions.”
  • gameplay
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is characterized by a maze-like structure that replaces traditional point-and-click mechanics with Pokémon-style 'hm moves' to unlock new areas. It features a minimalist design with simple mechanics and basic puzzles, complemented by cartoon-like graphics, though players express a desire for more depth in future iterations.

    • “It has a very appealing minimalist feel to it with its simple game mechanics, basic puzzles, and cartoon-like graphics.”
    • “I wouldn't mind playing a sequel with updated mechanics and more in-depth storylines, and of course, better music.”
    • “To put it another way, it is like if you replaced a point-and-click adventure game's mechanics with the 'HM moves' that you use in Pokémon to open up new areas of the overworld map.”
    • “The basis of druid is in a maze-style gameplay.”
    • “I wouldn't mind playing a sequel with updated mechanics and more in-depth storylines and of course better music.”
  • atmosphere
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a pleasant and calming natural atmosphere, particularly within its forest setting, which enhances the exploration experience. However, some players feel that the looping electric guitar music detracts from this ambiance, suggesting a mismatch with the overall tone.

    • “A short game with a pleasant natural atmosphere.”
    • “The atmosphere of the forest was really quite pleasant and calming, coupled with the signature theme that plays and loops the whole time you are out fossicking around for clues, items, and progression.”
    • “The electric guitar doesn't fit the atmosphere well, especially when it's on a loop.”
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is reported to be quite buggy, with issues like stuttering and glitches that detract from the overall experience. While it may serve as a basic introduction to puzzle games for children, many users do not recommend it until these stability issues are addressed.

    • “If they fix the stuttering and the few glitches, I guess it's fine for a kid to learn to play puzzle games; until then, I do not recommend this.”
    • “A bit buggy and not much fun.”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious and unenjoyable, particularly due to the lack of a map and marker system, which contributes to a frustrating experience. Despite the game's short completion time of just over an hour, the repetitive nature of the grinding detracts from overall enjoyment.

    • “It's not really fun; it got tedious really quickly.”
    • “With no map and no way to place markers (that would have been a nicer option than a straight-up map in my opinion), the game feels more tedious than it should -- after all, this game can be completed in a little more than an hour.”
  • monetization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization of Druid has been criticized as a blatant cash grab, with users noting that it feels like a poorly executed mobile app rather than a legitimate PC game. The game's simplistic design and mechanics further contribute to the perception that it prioritizes profit over quality.

    • “Druid is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs. The mobile app is a sincerely, if badly made and badly designed 'adventure' mobile app where you wander around a forest, casting spells (pressing 'E') to bypass obstacles and fulfilling simple quests.”
  • optimization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is currently lacking, with users reporting stuttering and glitches that hinder the experience. Until these issues are addressed, it is not recommended, particularly for younger players.

    • “If they fix the stuttering and the few glitches, I guess it's fine for a kid to learn to play puzzle games. Until then, I do not recommend this.”
    • “If they fix the stuttering and the few glitches, I guess it's fine for a kid to learn to play puzzle games. Until then, I do not recommend this.”

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