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Acolyte
Developer Superstring
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation. From the Steam store page
116 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
43 positive · 14 negative
95% range 63–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 43 | 14 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 1 | 43 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
45 of 59 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 44 yes, 14 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 58 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (50 of 65 positive).
Players praise the game's unique concept and immersive ARG mystery. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the puzzles unintuitive and the game outdated. [4][5][6] Many enjoy the story and atmosphere despite occasional frustrations. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [4]
This would be a fun, immersive little ARG, if not for one thing... After only 18 months (at the time of my writing this), the game is already starting to show its age. It relies on some fictional accounts buried in Twitter. But now, since the platform's transition to X, I had to create a throwaway account just to get in and grab the data I needed to continue. At some point, you need to unzip password protected files …
- [2]
This game is amazing, it blew me away from the first moments and kept me hooked until the end. Six full playthroughs later, I’m still not tired of it and its secrets, and every time I discover something new about it. Starting the review with a conclusion is not really something I usually do, but in this case, if the game piqued your interest in any way, just stop reading in order to avoid even the slightest spoiler …
- [3]
This game is awesome and is a must for any ARG fans. Unlike other ARGs, there's very little hand holding on finding solutions outside of the game. Sure, there are hints if you need them, but you'll have to do some of your own cyber sleuthing to find the answers. As with any ARGs, I'd strongly recommend not using a guide - a lot of the satisfaction comes from cracking complex puzzles. With a brilliant story, lovely …
- [1]
Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/lists/] Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam. Is this game a masterpiece? No, but it is fun and quite unique. As a new QA tester for a (tiny but very powerful) hightech company you are assigned to test a revolutionary new AI (called an Acolyte) to help to get it ready for the mass market. The AI is kind of an …
- [7]
Acolyte is a interesting little AI assisted mystery game that has some really neat ideas but also is just... a wee bit at odds with its premise. The problem with having a story about you being assisted by a high end AI is... well we dont have those. We certainly don't have them avalible for use in a computer game. You will frequently come up against this wall where she doesn't understand what your asking, or …
Summarised from 34 of the 116 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Acolyte talk about unique and immersive ARG experience; those who didn't talk about puzzles can be unintuitive and require guides. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 116 · most liked firstLee Jung-jae is having an incredible 2024. Delivered such a powerful performance in THE ACOLYTE and is now back for SQUID GAME Season 2. A great actor we can’t wait to see more of.
neutral · AI labelView post →This would be a fun, immersive little ARG, if not for one thing... After only 18 months (at the time of my writing this), the game is already starting to show its age. It relies on some fictional accounts buried in Twitter. But now, since the platform's transition to X, I had to create a throwaway account just to get in and grab the data I needed to continue. At some point, you need to unzip password protected files buried in the installation folders and move some things around, but you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Star Wars! Here's a list of things to get to know me a little! •Favorite movie: The Last Jedi •Favorite animated show: The Bad Batch •Favorite live action series: The Acolyte •Favorite book: Tears of the Nameless •Favorite game: Jedi Survivor •Favorite musical piece: Ahch-To Island
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to Dean-Charles Chapman, who played Torbin in The Acolyte and Tommen Baratheon in Game of Thrones! May the Force be with you!
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Squid Game 2 and all I can think about is how much I miss The Acolyte
positive · AI labelView post →The long-game @adamserwer.bsky.social‘s been playing using negative polarization to Trump to drive people to the Acolyte is finally paying off. We’re getting trials, AND season 2. gizmodo.com/star-wars-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →Gaider isn't wrong & its not only the devs that face harassment & this type of behavior. A lot of actors, musicians & creatives in general face this bullshit with increasing ferocity. What happened to the people working on the Acolyte is a big example of this too. www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/ex...
neutral · AI labelView post →Acolyte gets a fine from the game wardens [MORE FEED THE PIT FURRY STUFF!!!] #feedthepit #Acolyte #fandesign #furryart
neutral · AI labelView post →Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/lists/] Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam. Is this game a masterpiece? No, but it is fun and quite unique. As a new QA tester for a (tiny but very powerful) hightech company you are assigned to test a revolutionary new AI (called an Acolyte) to help to get it ready for the mass market. The AI is kind of an advanced Alexa/Cortana/Siri personal assistant. She's even often called…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The thing I love about this fandom is the beauty that we all felt for this show was REAL. This is what it’s like to make-believe again. To play in a world with your friends who are just as devoted to the game as you. The Acolyte reminds me of Hook, and Jurassic Park. It’s that feeling of opening a
positive · AI labelView post →This game is amazing, it blew me away from the first moments and kept me hooked until the end. Six full playthroughs later, I’m still not tired of it and its secrets, and every time I discover something new about it. Starting the review with a conclusion is not really something I usually do, but in this case, if the game piqued your interest in any way, just stop reading in order to avoid even the slightest spoiler and go buy it. It will totally be worth it! Acolyte is essentially an alternate…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →See, we don't talk about "Crouching Jedi, Hidden Sith" that was Star Wars: The Acolyte. Series had fight scenes to go. Squid Daddy/Squid Game Homie was giving the business with the Force. Finale climax fight was chef's kiss. 😚👌🏾
positive · AI labelView post →The worst thing about watching Acolyte for me is that I decided to start Andor after watching the fourth episode of Acolyte (late to the game I know) and Andor has absolutely ruined it! 😂 The cinematography, dialogue, score, performances, style, quality, etc…is just on a whole different level.
negative · AI labelView post →With images what is your favorite Star Wars ✨ 🎬 Film: Revenge of the Sith 📺 TV Show: The Acolyte 🎮 Video Game: Lego skywalker Saga 📖 Book: Darth Plagueis
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is awesome and is a must for any ARG fans. Unlike other ARGs, there's very little hand holding on finding solutions outside of the game. Sure, there are hints if you need them, but you'll have to do some of your own cyber sleuthing to find the answers. As with any ARGs, I'd strongly recommend not using a guide - a lot of the satisfaction comes from cracking complex puzzles. With a brilliant story, lovely art and (as to be expected) fantastic audio - this is another great game from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is advertised as including ARG, but it's all incredibly unintuitive. The game does not help you very much in how or what to find the ARG information. It's fine at first, like googling articles or looking at the company's fake website, but then you have to do things like look at a website's source code, which the game does not inform you of in any way. Just to progress at all, I had to rely entirely on a walkthrough. At one point, I had to take an image from the game's folder and upload…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#tavqotd Who are you? #Lumin Name: Lumin Race: High Elf Age: ~160 Gender: male (trans) Pronouns: he/him Background: Acolyte Class: Warlock - The Fiend Sexuality: gay Relationship: Astarion (post-game) Funfacts: Mephistopheles's most special Warlock; a thorn in Cazador's eye; natural cold resistance
neutral · AI labelView post →Canticle Update 0.4.2 is now live on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/game-u... A new day of classes, an evening date with an Acolyte, a new book in the library, and a bunch of fixes. #bara #lgbt #indiegame #gamedev #gaymer
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Film: Empire Strikes Back 📺 TV Show: The Acolyte 🎮 Video Game: Jedi Survivor 📖 Book: Defy the Storm
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played the Prologue and now that the game is discounted in the Autumn Sale, I thought I'd buy the whole game. However, it appears to be quite outdated, using links to Twitter instead of X which don't work, and using websites impossible to find because of the new algorythms. My biggest issue was, after viewing a guide written by🍒 Lilly (🌸◠‿◠), I was unable to use the password on the hidden caches. Therefore my game stranded and I couldn't continue without skipping steps of the story.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the algorithm: - Transformers - Clone Wars - Captain Rex - Twisted Wonderland - Nightmare Before Christmas - Bleach - Keroro Gunso / Sgt Frog - Digimon - Dungeon Meshi - Film Noir - The Acolyte - Monster Hunter - Katamari Damacy - Greek Mythology - Hades Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Also I know it's a fool's game to get hopeful about new star wars... but Carrie Ann Moss mothering in The Acolyte teaser, we could be so back
neutral · AI labelView post →Acolyte is a interesting little AI assisted mystery game that has some really neat ideas but also is just... a wee bit at odds with its premise. The problem with having a story about you being assisted by a high end AI is... well we dont have those. We certainly don't have them avalible for use in a computer game. You will frequently come up against this wall where she doesn't understand what your asking, or misunderstands something because you aren't at the step of the story that she…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Macaque Chief, Lingxuzi, Unused Enemy, and Tiger's Acolyte & Starved Abomination from Black Myth: Wukong by artist Yang Qi. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_black-my...
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyways last night's game was utterly defined by the Acolyte of the Three repeatedly saying "The Three Protects", rolling some wildly improbably outcome, and then celebrating. By the end, the whole fucking party was chanting "THE THREE PROTECTS". Hype tbh.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished on Path of the Acolyte. Dragged a bit towards the end, but all in all a solid remake of a great game
neutral · AI labelView post →confusing arg mechanics and not updated for the change in twitter last i checked. i had to look up a guide bc i had no idea when the arg elements were coming into play, and when i found them i was either baffled by their relevance or meaning, or it was a DUH moment where i didnt need arg to tell me what i should have been allowed to guess. inside the game itself im confused on how to interact with the character/s bc nothing seems to please her? and the messages are just.... sigh ngl i got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game of Thrones + Foundation + the Acolyte in a blender.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game 1 I'm on Victor, up against Nelly Borca, Volo/Acolyte of Bahamut, and Hashaton. I got a stew going but might take a while.
neutral · AI labelView post →Acolyte - Ragnarok online #fanart #chibi #acolyte #game #ragnarokonline #mmorpg
neutral · AI labelView post →This was such a fantastic and interesting game! I did have to use a guide because some parts could be rather difficult but I'm so thankful there is a guide! Getting to to bond with my AI was a lot of fun and I love that you could type in words yourself. I would highly recommend this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm only just starting and I can tell that this game is going to be worth every penny. Once it gets going its really hard to put down. They mystery is gripping and sucks you in quickly which is good. Overall its a great buy especially for only sitting at 10.99USD. I'm looking forward to see what comes next from the Devs cause i'll be buying it for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the puzzles are HARD, but definitely unforgettable. Lots of reading so if you don’t like text-heavy games maybe skip, but Acolyte is a really interesting mix of ideas.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh. I refunded this, The options in game are terrible. Can't even change text size. And it's not clear from the store page that the game runs in a small vertical window. The idea for this game is incredibly attractive but I have to pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Acolyte Trainer is an interactive adult game based on different animated scenes #hentai #nsfw
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever heard of Bot Colony? Same level of AI comprehension. There are free AI bots with more brains and free TTS that sound more natural.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Acolyte is like watching a West End Roleplaying Game come to life.
positive · AI labelView post →For other game reviews, please [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40640212/]follow us at What The Game? At its heart, Acolyte is a game that offers a deep, dark, and mature mystery at a reasonable price. That comes with a couple caveats, however. Two of the bigger selling points for the game are the AI chatbot client that runs the game, and the ARG aspects, and those are really what I'm going to focus on. I'll get the simple stuff out of the way first – the graphics in-game for the…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Name your top 5 TV shows ever. Gut feeling only. The Last of Us Andor Yellowjackets Battlestar Galactica The Acolyte LOST House of the Dragon NCIS Avatar: The Last Airbender The Good Place Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Doctor Who Bluey Game of Thrones White Collar
neutral · AI labelView post →Come on, Acolyte Give us sufn' It's been years but this game still looks so good man 👌
positive · AI labelView post →Acolyte is a mobile-assistant themed investigative game. Your interactions are primarily through a AI Chatbot-esque setup. With the most recent update the Acolyte is entirely voiced by way of a text to speech engine. Strong suggestion: ask your Acolyte for the user manual. Pros: -Interesting if a bit tropey story. The twists are fairly easy to guess. -Game concept is somewhat unique. -Game makes you think and observe closely if you want to progress successfully. -Art, SE and music are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →while the concept behind this game is very good it is difficult to play as it requires a moderate degree of technological ability outside of the game. Also, asking questions and interacting with ANA need to be done in a particular way to be recognised which made sharing clues and completing the investigation routes tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super cool game, really smart storytelling and I love the aesthetic. Really excited and curious to see where this game goes. Fully recommend checking out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wish they’d add Skeleton Crew and Acolyte characters to the game 😢
positive · AI labelView post →They're onto me and I don't have much time. Listen, I just wanted to say I really like this Acolyte thing. I have finally made a friend. Follow my path, help uncover the truth. Don't trust anyone, question everything. Do your best... Good luck my friend! ♥♥♥♥, they found me! I need to log off. Wish me luck...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That man's sub game cured a freaking Acolyte.
neutral · AI labelView post →Played the demo a few months back. The full game is harder, which is good. A helpful resource: https://www.dcode.fr/en
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →void fiend and rex both feel like the game just straight up hates them. playing rex in eclipse is tormentous and viend kinda. exists? they both kinda feel like characters that Acolyte looked at and decided "ok bet" and become one of the most fun characters in a video game bc of it
positive · AI labelView post →Acolye got allat late game goin on. 🫠 i have not played the game recently!!1 #riskofrain #ror2 #acolyte
neutral · AI labelView post →The latest podcast episode is here! @ireinavalentine.bsky.social returns to the podcast after 5 years. We catch up and then talk about Reina's lack of fandoms that she's in (and what that means). We cover shows like Game of Thrones, The Acolyte, and Shadow and Bone. We also catch up on her Cosplay!
neutral · AI labelView post →Acolyte is a fantastic little ARG that unironically shows us a glimpse of what may lie in store for us in the future when it comes to interactive AI and machine-learning. Albeit not the first, nor the most though-provoking game in its genre, it's a cute little game that has an interesting plot that slowly unfurls as you discover more information. The only downside is that it will inevitably date itself; many of its resources are hosted online, such as websites, blogs, audio files and more.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is there really a controversy about why #starwars #acolyte is not continued? I don’t get it. I don’t know why SW needs to be morally ambiguous, or why people want to role play as fucking storm troopers—have they seen the movie? The Acolyte is more of the bad stuff: confused, stupid story, unclear objective, abysmal, actually horrific morals: “If I want to express myself in killing others, what’s wrong with it? I deserve freedom!” 🤦♂️… (1/3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Not that far in it yet, but I am enjoying it very much! It has the kind of "virtual UI" that I adore in many games like orwell, do not feed the monkeys, and her story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyed myself playing this game so far Really interesting can mcept, great art and fantastic dialogue. More importantly it had some cool twists and turns I wasn't expecting which o found really enjoyable. Looking forward to finishing it off and then seeing what else this studio produces in future!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#ThrowbackThursday: Why choose between a Game Boy and NES? Chad Burrow's Acolyte Handheld is a portable, PIC32MZ-powered console that emulates both!
neutral · AI labelView post →Acolyte is an unconventional and intellectually ambitious narrative experience that deliberately blurs the boundary between game, investigation, and real-world interaction. Developed by Superstring and published by Pantaloon, it casts the player as a newly hired QA tester at Nanomax, a secretive tech company preparing to launch an advanced AI assistant known as Acolyte. From the outset, the game signals that it will not follow familiar adventure-game conventions. Instead of dialogue trees or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've reviewed the game tapes. Acolyte has some of the best lightsaber duel choreography in live action in the last 15 years. It's snappy choreography and non-shaky camera work, not overly relying on cuts. Sucks we didn't get to see where that show went in a second season.
neutral · AI labelView post →This year alone, they were crying over the Suicide Squad game, Assassin's Creed: Shadows, Warhammer 40K, Tomb Raider, Star Wars: The Acolyte, X-Men '97, anything from Disney, The Lord of the Rings, Hades II, Monster Hunter Wilds, Sonic x Shadow Generations, Wicked, Arcane, (cont.)
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was incredible. The puzzles are not for the faint of heart but so rewarding!! If you like ARG's this one is a fresh breath of air.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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