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Eternal Threads
Developer Cosmonaut Studios
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. From the Steam store page
228 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
175 positive · 18 negative
95% range 86–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 175 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
513 of 587 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 172 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (788 of 913 positive).
Players praise the game's engaging story and character development. [1][2][3] Some find the pacing slow and the gameplay lacking action. [4][5][6] The time manipulation mechanics are widely appreciated. [7][8][9]
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- [4]
It was heavily discounted, saw time manipulation and choices matter so I said sure, why not? They did name their game right since watching all the "threads" does feel eternal. I saved all 6 of them in 4 ish hours, played some more to see if i could unlock some parts of the house but was rather displeased at what i found in the room as it was information I had already concluded. 90% of the events (which is like 172 …
- [1]
No sue why the top review I see is a negative with the most helpful clicks but I totally disagree and strangely I don't like teen/drama tv, I'm actually a 57 year old grumpy bloke. Really enjoyed the game and loved the characters and their stories. It was like being the "fly on the wall" and following the drama. I should also add that I hate reality tv but this is not about a bunch of drama queens hamming it up to …
- [2]
Excellent game. A mix of Gone Home, Return of the Obra Din and Tacoma. Playing as a future time traveller you have to save six people who die in a house fire in 1995, in order to fix the future. You get a week-long timeline to play with as you see fit; watch conversations, change history at certain points and revel in the fact that these six crucial people are just a load of northern students who drink, fight and …
- [3]
I loved it. Puzzling out a narrative by manipulating time and their decisions to get everyone's personal issues solved AND save their lives was very satisfying. I already wanted more before the game ended. That ending... I hope there's a sequel coming.
- [7]
A really cool idea for a game, essentially exploring and tweaking around a long movie, trying to prevent disaster with your changes. Lots of interdependent changes and many outcomes, and the UI makes it decently easy to keep all the changes more or less catalogued. Thoroughly enjoyed looking through everything this game wanted to tell us, even though it's a very slow burn (the first 4 hours are essentially just …
Summarised from 34 of the 228 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
91% of the 190 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Eternal Threads. The complaint that keeps coming up: slow pacing and lack of action. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 228 · most liked firstNo sue why the top review I see is a negative with the most helpful clicks but I totally disagree and strangely I don't like teen/drama tv, I'm actually a 57 year old grumpy bloke. Really enjoyed the game and loved the characters and their stories. It was like being the "fly on the wall" and following the drama. I should also add that I hate reality tv but this is not about a bunch of drama queens hamming it up to get famous. You do need some patience in the beginning with the lack of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was heavily discounted, saw time manipulation and choices matter so I said sure, why not? They did name their game right since watching all the "threads" does feel eternal. I saved all 6 of them in 4 ish hours, played some more to see if i could unlock some parts of the house but was rather displeased at what i found in the room as it was information I had already concluded. 90% of the events (which is like 172 "short" videos) you won't alter anything and its just there for backstory/…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Two games free on Epic Games - Eternal Threads and The Evil Within. ## Eternal Threads URL: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/eternal-threads-197169 Store description: > Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. > The complete narrative follows the six main characters through multiple decisions across multiple timelines and you can experience these in any way you choose. **Steam reviews:** 89% --- ## The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Morning, Bsky! Woke up and had been gifted a game on Steam. Very neat! It's called Eternal Threads. If you want me to name you, I will. 🫡 Super cool either way and much appreciated.
positive · AI labelView post →A journey to unwind the thread and untangle a life once snarled. Time moves forward, but destiny takes a new shape.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for something different and relaxing, this is it. Nothing jumping out to try and kill you. Just observe and make decisions and see what happens!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game. A mix of Gone Home, Return of the Obra Din and Tacoma. Playing as a future time traveller you have to save six people who die in a house fire in 1995, in order to fix the future. You get a week-long timeline to play with as you see fit; watch conversations, change history at certain points and revel in the fact that these six crucial people are just a load of northern students who drink, fight and bang each other. Acting varies between excellent to OK and the graphics manage to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do like timey-whimey stuff, but the pacing was excruciatingly slow, the lack of any action was a bit disappointing, and the dialogue was a bit stiff/emotionless. It's not a bad game, but it's definately not for everyone and the trailers were deceiving imho.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eternal Threads is an interesting little indie game. At its core it is an investigation game, walking simulator and a movie. You play as a detective, similar in feel to that game "Observer (2017)". Investigate the house and eavesdrop on the 6 tenants like in "Tacoma (2017)". Gather clues and piece together the story like in "Her Story (2015)". Beside your time manipulation investigation, the story of these people is deceivingly at the heart of the game, same a "South of the Circle (2022)"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Epic Games] Eternal Threads. Store description: > Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. > The complete narrative follows the six main characters through multiple decisions across multiple timelines and you can experience these in any way you choose. **Steam reviews:** 89%
neutral · AI labelView post →Two games free on Epic Games - Eternal Threads and The Evil Within. ## Eternal Threads URL: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/eternal-threads-197169 Store description: > Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. > The complete narrative follows the six main characters through multiple decisions across multiple timelines and you can experience these in any way you choose. **Steam reviews:** 89% --- ## The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine writing a fantastic three-page paper and finding out the night before it's due that it was supposed to be thirty pages. That's Eternal Threads. I was ready to give Eternal Threads a positive review regardless of how good the game was because I'm such a sucker for messing with timelines and it was four dollars, so the game had to work hard to break me down and it succeeded! There are a ludicrous number of points in the timeline you're repairing, each with a 15-30 second hologram…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are no longer in Kansas Toto Tom Cruise has lost his wingman, he will step through the wardrobe, where there is no lion and the only witch is, well her name is Miranda. Oh, and there is plenty of ice-cream and TV. This game is more than a choices-matter, it's an exploration deep into the lives of 6 housemates, and their movie-buff companion Ian. Littered with movie references, the housemates banter hides the very deep adult topics, from alcoholism, gambling and illegal drugs, to guilt,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept looked interesting : travel through time to save people. Well, it ends up to be a game of college student with everyday problems: pregnancy, drinking problem, ex-girl friend issues, etc. where you must listen to endless conversation and once in while make a decision that might change the outcome of their lives. Some might like it, but I did not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found this to be a pretty decent game. It reminds me of games like Gone Home and Tacoma with how you explore the house and view the past events but adds time travel and altering the past into the mix. The game revolves around the last few days of a group of housemates who ultimately all died when a fire breaks out in their house. The player is tasked with watching the events of their last days and then manipulating those events to save the housemates from their original fate. Theres a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the idea is cool, but the game itself is boring, tedious and the dialogues are so corny its like they were written by AI.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the fact this this game lets you choose an "abridged" or "normal" version tells you everything. you watch over 100 mundane cutscenes via hologram in a dark house and occasionally get to change a decision a character makes so they survive the ending. that's it, that's the game. the scenes suffer from very poor or cliche writing and are not entertaining enough to slog through over 100 of them. maybe 10 or so are worth watching for the plot. but my biggest gripe is that the house is super dark…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple and Good Story Tries to Be Bigger Than It Actually Is This game really pumps up the expectations so much: the trailer in the shop, the loading screen, the main menu and the first minutes of the game tell you: there's something BIG here. The whole world might depend on it. And it has time travel. So yeah, of course, I'm into it! Later though I understood that the scale was smaller, much smaller. Not in a bad way, though. The synopsis says: Eternal Threads is a single-player,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really cool idea for a game, essentially exploring and tweaking around a long movie, trying to prevent disaster with your changes. Lots of interdependent changes and many outcomes, and the UI makes it decently easy to keep all the changes more or less catalogued. Thoroughly enjoyed looking through everything this game wanted to tell us, even though it's a very slow burn (the first 4 hours are essentially just watching everything for the first time, and only then you begin to understand what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →peanut would love some pets and treats :) 🌸＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it. Puzzling out a narrative by manipulating time and their decisions to get everyone's personal issues solved AND save their lives was very satisfying. I already wanted more before the game ended. That ending... I hope there's a sequel coming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well i completed it in a little over 9 hours but can honestly say it wasn't a waste of money. In fact I managed to save 5 people although i stalled and tried to figure out the last one...won't give it away completely though. As a British person familiar with this region and old enough to be a student around the same time XD I can say i found the situation and characters to be fairly believable. I've played similar games and i enjoy not only puzzles but also time travel and this scratched that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This has to be the best traditional walking sim I have played yet. It genuinely feels like an unofficial sequel to [url= https://store.steampowered.com/app/299950/GET_EVEN/]GET EVEN and [url= https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016800/Chernobylite_Complete_Edition/]Chernobylite. Visually the game is an absolute treat, the sound design is super atmospheric and the story is incredibly intriguing. Basically humans experimented with time travel and this messed up the timeline by changing random…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best narrative walking sims I've played. How certain decisions impact others was complex and also rewarding. I enjoyed learning about each person and encouraging them to deepen their relationships with each other. I'm hoping that with how the game concluded, some sort of follow up game or dlc is added in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a character drama turned inside out. 6 people with "normal" (as in, kinda messed up) lives trying to get along. There's some harsh topics involved: child abuse, PTSD, relationship strife, and drunken sex with room mates (not-explicit, sorry incels). I imagine younger people may not enjoy it as much because while the characters are mostly young, they are mature adults with genuine personas. And it's English, where maturity levels haven't been compromised by idiot podcasters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short but satisfying story driven puzzle game with some mild investigation required. The writing is engaging, and it's easy to get caught up in the tumultuous, complex lives of each of the housemates. The puzzles were very simple and the story flowed well, keeping me engaged for a few hours in a row. The game is on the shorter end - I finished it in 11.5 hours. If you take your time and go through the different choices in the story line, there's more scenarios to experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10 finished it on ps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool investigation game. Love seeing how changing events can change the timeline.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why this game isn't for everyone, you're basically watching a story, or rather multiple versions of a story. But for me, every charater was just perfectly done, their stories were brilliant.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As part of a futuristic "time repair" squad in the distant apocalyptic future, the player is sent to 21st century England to save six people who died in a house fire and should not have. The game is mostly a walking simulator taking place within the confines of one house, with the player exploring events involving 6 characters over the period of a week. Some of these events feature A/B decisions, which alter the rest of the week, locking out some events from the timeline and replacing them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As an operative tasked with fixing corrupted timestreams, you're sent to 2015 to save six housemates from a deadly fire. Eternal Threads is a story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice & consequence... and 60% off in the Xbox Indie Selects Anniversary Sale! www.xbox.com/en-gb/games/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a fun short and sweet game. I love reading everything I come across to get that sweet sweet NPC gossip (worldbuilding) with the added bonus that doing this kept unlocking new timelines. I like that the game was contained to one house and the little changes that would happen when I changed timelines. Loved the menu screen, both the environmental design and the song that played. Hunted out the song and it is Ali Horn - Dreamers
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. - Too bad there's no news about the sequel. Ending point was acceptable, despite the minor cliffhanger.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really liked the gameplay elements. Watching a story, changing the results, and trying to ensure a happy ending for all.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eternal Threads stands out because its mechanics are intimately built around time, consequence, and player agency. The core loop isn’t combat — it’s observation, deduction, and temporal manipulation, and every tool supports that elegantly. The time mechanic is the heart of the experience. Rewinding and replaying scenes isn’t just a gimmick — it’s the primary method of gathering information and testing hypotheses. Every action you take can ripple forward, and the game tracks causality in a way…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting story A bit boring at times Buy on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ended up being very endearing. the sci-fi trappings are second to the character dramas, which are well-acted and full of cute accents. atmospheric, but a little static across timelines - i liked the physical, environmental changes of the scenes (eg nick's closet door and window) and would have loved to see more. i may also have missed them cause it's, appropriately, dark. i think the frame narrative of HQ and the acknowledgment of time travel could have been implied rather than stated, until…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game sucks, it's like watching a movie but the only difference is that you can walk around and talk to the people, not much to do in the game but follow around people.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna be honest. This game seemed super complex at the start and I felt a little overwhelmed, and it kinda seemed monotonous at the start. But the more that I just watched the story unfold and see all of these secrets being told, and learning about these characters I wanted to save them. I definitely started loving it more by the end and absolutely loved the story and would recommend this game for anyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another mumbo-jumbo walking simulator...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Felt like I was that meme with the guy looking crazy with all the pictures and lines drawn across the board. Brilliant game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to write a review because I feel like this game doesn't have enough reviews for how enjoyable it was! I will try to make my review spoiler free! The game is about exploring a timeline of events in the week prior to a tragedy that takes the lives of 6 people. Your goal is the alter points in the timeline to save them all. The game starts out kind of holding your hand on what to do, but then it lets you basically explore the timeline in any order you like, as is from the beginning or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun mystery that maybe stretches a bit too long. The writing is pretty good and that's really all you can ask of a walking simulator. Maybe less scenes with extremely minor changes? Also depending on the kind of person you are, you may love or you may hate the way consequences work in this game. They're sometimes not clear at all which I personally like because it shows even the slightest change that seems unrelated may lead to a different outcome. However, you might hate not knowing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried, I really tried to give this game a shot, but it is such a painful slog. The game is unabashedly ugly and it needs to be said directly. Taking place in the remnants of a residential building with no real lighting besides the street lights from outside and the player's flashlight, the story is told from these holo-projections of these smooth-textured peoples performing stiff arm-waving and something one could theoretically describe as lip-syncing. And like, I get it, it's the dev…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SCP or Saving people is not my things, but this game truly amazing and I really enjoy it. Thank you, Cosmonaut Studios and Secret Mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a kind of game that I would give a neutral review. The idea is definitely interesting, and the beginning is intriguing. However, after a while it became really tedious for me. You are walking around the same house, and watching the short snippets of events unfold in a dark semi-transparent hologram. The voice acting is great, and the characters are well-written, it's just the tedium stopped me from continuing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes, it is slow. No, I wasn't bored. Achievement are easy to unlock. Wish they made 2nd game with more missions, can be shorter but more. I really enjoyed that game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was an unconventional experience for me. I enjoyed it though, it reminded me of the games of Quantic Dream, but more chilled out and without the action part. It's your decisions again that shape the story, but the way this happens is different. It does not rely on quick-time events like QD's games (and tbh I'm not mad about them), but instead lets you think and choose however you wish with no time limit. You can, and at some point - you will revisit most, if not all, of your decisions to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very, and I mean it, VERY boring game. Annoying characters, slow narration, simple waste of your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a narrative focused game with very little gameplay outside of watching characters interact and then organising their interactions into a coherent timeline with the goal of making sure all 6 characters escape a house fire. I thought it was a well done time travel plot and the characters are all interesting to observe so I wasn't bothered by having to sort through all their dramas.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a surprising treat. An amazing game that really tickles the perfectionist in me. Being able to go back and forth between events to surgically change small parts was incredibly fun. I am really hoping they make a sequel, I am 100% on board with picking that up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are one of those people that get weird visceral pleasure from untangling jewelry chains that are stuck together or from getting a particularly bad knot out of the drawstring of a hoodie then you'll probably like this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought this game was great. I love these stories of normal human life, even if its being explored in a supernatural or scifi way. I really liked Telling Lies, and Her, which are similar in that you just sort of suss out what happens with ordinary people. The voice acting is fantastic throughout, with some definite standouts (Anthea Carpenter Proctor as Linda). Gameplay loop is cool I suppose. It gets the story told and that's what matters. Very good on sale for like $10 or whatever it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to write a positive review as the game was amazing, i loved the concept, the story, everything about the game but i have never ever played a game before that has crashed so much, The game seemed to crash at least once every half an hour minimum although sometimes this was even 2-3 times within half an hour, If the dev's would actually fix the crashing issues then yes i could recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good. For the most part. I feel like it's worth mentioning that there is basically no gameplay here at all. It's more like an interactive film. In fact, your first 3-4 hours essentially just involve walking around the house and playing through the story to its conclusion. From there, you are free to replay events and change what happens for the six main characters. This was... okay. The way you do this is through the time map, and this may genuinely be one of the worst user interfaces I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unskippable wall of text to start, followed by an unskippable seizure-inducing cutscene, followed by yet another slow animation to start. Then you go to move your character and realise you can't remap the controls. There might be a good game in here somewhere but I don't think the devs want you to find it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is honestly peak British culture. Less a detective/puzzle game, more a choose-your-own-adventure soap opera. Didn't make a great impression at first - some slightly clunky controls, bit of a confusing intro, gloomy setting, didn't think I'd like the characters. But absolutely does what it says on the tin. Really satisfying to explore. Surprisingly grounded and relatable narrative with some great writing and acting that had me variously laughing out loud (shoutout to Jag…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot Reccommend enough. Brilliant.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 Beautiful story and absolutely worth your time
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is incredible I have found this gem within my library at random and just the description of it had me hooked. To the point I managed to finish most of the game. Unfortunately, there are some flaws which prevented me from 100% it. The content I missed out on felt tedious and unimportant. Positives An interesting idea which is well performed with plenty of choices to explore Interesting and flawed characters (Which make concerningly bad choices on their own) Simple and easy to…
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