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GRIS
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Gris (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡɾis]) is a 2018 platform-adventure game by Spanish developer Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows in December 2018, for iOS in August 2019, for PlayStation 4 in November 2019, for Android in April 2020, for Amazon Luna in November 2021, and for PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in December 2022. The… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
413 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
258 positive · 32 negative
95% range 85–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 258 | 32 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 57 | 3 | 56 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
30,417 of 32,050 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
87% recommend · 177 yes, 26 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 203 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (92,839 of 96,671 positive).
Players describe GRIS as a beautiful, emotional journey about grief and healing. [1][2][3] The game is praised for its stunning watercolor art and moving soundtrack. [4][5][6] Some reviewers find the gameplay too simple or the story too vague. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
I feel bad giving an indie game a negative review, but even though it was visually stunning, and the music was lovely, it left no impression on me and I honestly found myself slightly bored at times. maybe I'm just a little hater but I was expecting more story/plot/anything to happen based off of Steam's description of this game (which made it sound super interesting). the game is based on the five stages of grief …
- [1]
You are a small, fragile lark who loves to sing, held gently in the palm of a goddess’s hand. Every day is peaceful and filled with music until one day, that hand breaks apart, and you fall into a silent, colourless world. Everything is gray gris, the Spanish word that gives this game its name. To return to the light, you must find the strength to move forward, to rediscover the colours that once filled your world. …
- [5]
Enjoyment: 10/10 GRIS is less of a traditional platformer and more like a living painting with the watercolor art easily being some of the prettiest I've seen in a game. It’s a wordless story about grief and healing where you start in a gray world and slowly bring color back as you go. There's no dialogue or text but you can follow it just fine by watching the world change around you. The progression is linear and …
- [3]
I didn’t expect Gris to mean as much to me as it did. I found it at a time when my heart felt heavy; when I was trying to accept the quiet end of something that had shaped so much of who I was. Losing someone you loved, especially when that connection ran deep, can make the world feel muted. But Gris somehow spoke in the same language as that silence. It’s not a loud game. There’s no dialogue, no direct explanation; …
- [2]
Gris- A story of Grief and finding your True Self after loss I cannot express in words how this journey made me feel, but i wil try my best as i cry through the credits playing with the melody of mc in the background. I started this game when i was at mixed terms in life with someone important to me, that being the one who gifted me this masterpieece, slowly i played it in my free time unknowing of the deep message …
Summarised from 34 of the 304 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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GRIS sits at 89% positive across 290 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gris received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. EGMNow wrote that "with an arresting art style and admirable commitment to minimalist game design, Gris manages to turn a straightforward, often derivative platformer into something that feels far more special and important." GameSpot stated "Gris understands intrinsically how magical video games can be and continually pushes your imagination until you're almost bursting with joy. The ways in which it reinvents itself as you gain powers and dive ever deeper into this world is truly special, and just as it knows exactly when to pull back the camera or introduce a new song, it's keenly aware of when it's…
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Reactions
60 of 413 · most liked firstWe once thought GRIS would be our one and only small video game, and yet here we are. It’s been six years since its release, and now we’ve just launched our second game, NEVA. We’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished and so grateful to all the players who made this possible🤍
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting this game tonight 🤍 #Gris
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Yuyuko Tuesday! The current vibe is thinking about Gris! ngl I love going back and looking at screenshots of this game, it had absolutely beautiful visuals! The overall experience was a vibe, it was a really cool game! I hope you have a wonderful day, I send love and positivity your way 💛☺️
positive · AI labelView post →I finished #Gris tonight it was a family effort my fiancé/our son helped me out too. This game was very colorful, but also very melancholy at the same time with the subject matter no spoilers, but this game has a message that everyone could use in their life at some point. @dizzisenpai.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →Our new title, Indie Game Works, explores 50 visionary independent titles including Cairn, Tunic, GRIS, Valheim, DREDGE, 1000xRESIST, Genesis Noir, Abzû and A Short Hike, among many others, bringing together in-game imagery, development artwork, and early sketch material.
neutral · AI labelView post →have you ever played a video game that you felt DRAWN to, only for it to be exactly what you need in that moment? 🎮🤍 for me, one of those games has become GRIS. i went into this game blind, and it has left a permanent mark on my heart. i may be late to the game, but the impact is all the same! 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →Titles leaving Game Pass in 2 weeks: -Yakuza 3 & 4 Remastered -Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun -Maneater -GRIS -Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty -Space Engineers -Paw Patrol World
neutral · AI labelView post →"Atrophy" - I forgot to post my new piece for @nomada.studio 's new game Neva. If anyone has met me in person to point out my Gris painting, you'll already know how much I fangirl over this studio. ✨️💛✨️ #neva #gris #art
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cube friend!! c: i played Gris for the first time earlier this year and i just had to draw the cube friend,, what a breathtaking game btw, it really resonated with me.
positive · AI labelView post →GRIS Deluxe Edition includes: 💙GRIS game for PS5 or Switch 🎨100+ page artbook 🎵Official soundtrack CD 🎁Collectible box
neutral · AI labelView post →I swear to god, Gris gotta be the most breathtaking game I’ve ever played It’s literally a work of art
positive · AI labelView post →Their arms bear scars they, as a non-WoL, gained after breaking their limits to stem the tide against the Endsinger's Ultimate Fate onslaught. In game depicts a tank LB3 check in the normal trial, but in my canon, Gris stopped multiple planets from colliding into their party & paid a steep price.
neutral · AI labelView post →GRIS was one of my favorite cosplays 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished GRIS, beautiful game 💕
positive · AI labelView post →GRIS (Steam) is $2.99 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/49s3NP5 also on PS+ Extra/Game Pass Standard/Apple Arcade
neutral · AI labelView post →The Photo 📸 vs The Inspiration ✨ #Gris #videogame #cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished @nomada.studio game GRIS and wow it was such a beautifully done game~! If you're looking for a puzzle platformer with a hand-drawn watercolor art style, told in a cinematic story then you'll enjoy this game. #GRIS
positive · AI labelView post →Hope everyone is having a great Sunday 💜 Decided to make Neva my next game, I’m not ready for the emotions but I’m excited to experience it! They cooked with Gris so this should be good!
positive · AI labelView post →Indie game checkpoint!!! You are now obligated to share one of your favorite indie games! I played GRIS earlier this year and I loved it so much, the music was so good too
positive · AI labelView post →Drew this a while back and forgot to post it. From a game I really resonate with especially around Christmas time. Play Gris if you haven't - a beautiful game. #Grisart #Grisgame #forestfriend #Cakenteaart #nomadagames
positive · AI labelView post →This picture doesn’t do this game justice 🥹 GRIS is so visually stunning
positive · AI labelView post →Game #17 of 2026 Neva This game is absolutely stunning, somehow more beautiful than Gris. I won't say anything on the story, but would recommend playing this if you enjoyed Gris.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally played GRIS and had such a wonderful experience. Touching story, breathtaking design and rewarding puzzles ✨
positive · AI labelView post →You are a small, fragile lark who loves to sing, held gently in the palm of a goddess’s hand. Every day is peaceful and filled with music until one day, that hand breaks apart, and you fall into a silent, colourless world. Everything is gray gris, the Spanish word that gives this game its name. To return to the light, you must find the strength to move forward, to rediscover the colours that once filled your world. But be careful the darkness is always close, trying to pull you back down. It’s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a smaller game that also was magical to me at least was Gris. truly beautiful game, incredible music, fun puzzle platformer, and very moving take on grief. replayed after my dog died in 2021 and cried my eyes out
positive · AI labelView post →Enjoyment: 10/10 GRIS is less of a traditional platformer and more like a living painting with the watercolor art easily being some of the prettiest I've seen in a game. It’s a wordless story about grief and healing where you start in a gray world and slowly bring color back as you go. There's no dialogue or text but you can follow it just fine by watching the world change around you. The progression is linear and relaxing. There's no combat and you can't die so you can just focus on the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My weekend game: GRIS 💜
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t think I can fully explain how much this game means to me. I’ve played it on multiple platforms, borrowed a friend’s Switch just to play it again, streamed it for my mom, made my best friend play it, watched countless other people experience it for the first time, and bought it for probably six or seven people at this point. I even have Gris tattooed on me. There’s just something incredibly human about this game. Grief and loss are things we all experience eventually, and Gris manages…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games leaving Game Pass on March 1st: - Yakuza 3 and 4 - Gris - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - Paw Patrol World - Maneater - F1 2022 - Space Engineers - Warhammer 40K: Boltgun
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminder that Gris is a stunning game with a beautiful soundtrack. That is all 🫶🏻
positive · AI labelView post →GRIS is one of those games that relies almost entirely on mood and presentation, and it pulls that off well. The art style is stunning throughout, with hand-painted visuals that feel more like a moving illustration than a traditional platformer. The soundtrack matches that level of care - soft, emotional, and perfectly in sync with the game’s pacing. Running it on both PC and the Steam Deck OLED was effortless since the game is not demanding. The design is intentionally minimalistic, and that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gris- A story of Grief and finding your True Self after loss I cannot express in words how this journey made me feel, but i wil try my best as i cry through the credits playing with the melody of mc in the background. I started this game when i was at mixed terms in life with someone important to me, that being the one who gifted me this masterpieece, slowly i played it in my free time unknowing of the deep message of the game as i had no idea about it. As the cutscenes started playing, i saw…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright lets posts some inspirational animated gifs! This might be a thread. I'm so excited we got gifs now :D Lets start with Gris. Man what a amazing game. #Gris #videogames #gifs #animation #inspiration
positive · AI labelView post →GRIS The End. Beautiful game, amazing story, soothing soundtrack. Hope you guys enjoyed GRIS!! #GRIS #virtualphotography #ingamephoto #photomode #vpsupport #vprepost
positive · AI labelView post →This is art. All I can say is that this game hits hard emotionally and it's beautiful even without dialogue and just straight up symbolisms only. Really worth trying this game out. I ran out of words on how beautiful this game is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so beautiful. I cried so many times. Now to play Gris.✨ #neva #nomadastudio @nomada.studio
positive · AI labelView post →I think Gris is the most beautiful game I've ever played. My heart is broken and healed at the same time.
positive · AI labelView post →#GRIS is a super inventive, chill, BEAUTIFUL game, like playing in a watercolor piece. It's on sale for like $2 on Steam www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRiK...
positive · AI labelView post →Replaying GRIS this morning as my final ps plus game before it runs out tonight. 😌
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a few, but going on detail about why would take all the character spaces. But: GRIS Transistor Nier: Automata SOMA GRIS in particular is a rather short game (6ish hours depending pace) that can really resonate with anyone "going through something". It's a beautiful, beautiful game.
positive · AI labelView post →One of those games that feels more like a piece of art than something you play in the usual sense. There’s barely any dialogue, but it still manages to say a lot just through visuals, music and how everything slowly changes around you. Watching the world fill with color over time is simple, but it carries a meaning that’s hard to fully put into words. The platforming and puzzles are pretty light, nothing too challenging, but that almost feels intentional. It never really gets in the way of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-----------------------------------------❤️🧡💛💚💙💜---------------------------------------- Sometimes we all need a reminder why we should keep getting back up GRIS is a journey of rebuilding what is broken, escaping the darkness and rediscovering the joy which was thought lost never to be found again. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3685502708 This is the closest I have ever seen to perfection. Allow me a moment to explain... This game brings back memories of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not just a game, it’s a journey. The art style is absolutely incredible and breathtaking, the music is soothing, and almost every frame feels worthy of a screenshot. Easily one of the most beautiful and memorable experiences a game can offer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just completed Gris, which I bought earlier this year for the ludicrous price of £2.89. Astonishingly beautiful environment-puzzle game with some of the cleverest level design I've ever seen. So many of the solutions are so deeply satisfying. www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
positive · AI labelView post →I need a game to make me cry. I want to play the games GRIS and NEVA so bad 🥺
neutral · AI labelView post →Gris is a unique experience, with a beautiful visual narrative and outstanding sense of meaning through its gameplay and story. This is a game about loss and learning to move on. I personally find this game very cathartic. It made me face some aspects on my life I was afraid to acknowledge. For anyone out there dealing with difficult things hugs and kisses. It's hard and painful but we will survive this, we will be able to move forward and continue with our lives. Take care, be strong…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game #20 of 2026: Gris Started: Mar. 25 Completed: Mar. 26 A very impressive and imaginative debut indie from Nomada Studio about loss and acceptance. It makes sense why there was no color at the beginning and why it was brought back gradually 😭 Very impactful ending. I love this game so much 🥹
positive · AI labelView post →I didn’t expect Gris to mean as much to me as it did. I found it at a time when my heart felt heavy; when I was trying to accept the quiet end of something that had shaped so much of who I was. Losing someone you loved, especially when that connection ran deep, can make the world feel muted. But Gris somehow spoke in the same language as that silence. It’s not a loud game. There’s no dialogue, no direct explanation; just color, movement, and music that seems to understand grief in all its…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a beautiful, touching game. It is a relaxed platformer that is less about the difficulty, and more about the experience. I fully recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the first game which I played alongside my wife and had a memorable time with it. After our day's work, we both were eager to continue where we left of. I was on the controls and she sat back and helped me with the puzzles. Though the game was short, its very sweet and emotional, with the music mesmerizing us along the way. We both worked on the puzzles, gasped when we found secret locations, and were left in awe by the visual splendor that the game presented. We both tried to figure…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm in awe, what a beautiful game. My mom passed away recently so I've been searching for games to help me get through grief. At first I really thought this was just a platforming game, but as I continued through I couldn't believe the amount of love and creativity that went into this. The colors, the music, the way it makes you feel through every stage. The ending had me in tears, as I knew it would. Anyone that has lost someone, I feel like this is made for them. Even those that haven't just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GRIS is not a game about sadness. It’s a game about what remains after it. Many works try to represent pain through dramatic dialogue, explosive scenes, or characters breaking down emotionally right in front of you. GRIS does the opposite. It turns silence into a language. There are no direct explanations, because some kinds of pain simply cannot be put into words without losing part of their weight. The game understands this from the very first minute. The protagonist falls. And that is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started Neva, the new game from the makers of Gris. It’s *stunning*
neutral · AI labelView post →Gris. (my fave video game) ✨️✨️✨️ #gris #fanart #digitalart
neutral · AI labelView post →I know my colors, I swear! Game: Gris www.twitch.tv/sonybaloneyart
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally played Gris and it was SO good 😭 the end had me in tears; what a beautiful game
positive · AI labelView post →I don't think I've ever played another game that understands grief the way Gris does. On paper, it's a simple side-scrolling platformer with no dialogue. In practice, it's one of the most emotionally resonant experiences I've had in gaming. It somehow tells a deeply personal story almost entirely through movement, color, music, and visual symbolism. Every new ability feels less like unlocking a mechanic and more like watching someone slowly learn how to carry the weight of loss and use it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Taking a look at a game that aims to be more of an emotional mood piece than anything else. Let's see how they managed. Gris - youtu.be/YVfCqb2a68Q
neutral · AI labelView post →What game is everyone hooked on atm? I picked up Gris as the summer sale and have been addicted 🙃
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