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LIBERATED
Developer Atomic Wolf, L.INC
Liberated is a 2020 action-adventure video game developed by Atomic Wolf and published by Walkabout Games. It was released on Nintendo Switch on June 2, 2020, with a version for Microsoft Windows launching on July 30, 2020. An enhanced edition released for the Nintendo Switch on December 3, 2020, and for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 20, 2022. The game uses hand-drawn interactive art in the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
197 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 24, 2026 · last updated Oct 25, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
126 positive · 53 negative
95% range 63–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 126 | 53 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
211 of 297 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 131 yes, 54 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 185 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (675 of 872 positive).
Players praise the unique comic-book art style and dystopian story. [1][2][3] Many find the gameplay repetitive, basic, or clunky. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note the game is short but engaging. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [15]
Yeah, sure, throw a 4-button QTE that lasts a 1/10th of a second at the very end of the first level. Yeah, sure, kill the main character just because I inevitably lost that one QTE, forcing the rest of the game to go on without him. Yeah, sure, put a checkpoint the second after I fail so that in order to get the best ending, I have to replay the last 30 minutes of your slow-ass walking sim just to save the guy's …
- [1]
Introduction Liberated is a stylish platformer with shooting, stealth mechanics and QTEs. Pros & Cons Pros: + Engaging story told from different perspectives + Very stylish look + Replay ability provided with achievements and story decisions Cons: - Animations are poor and buggy - QTEs will catch you by surprise - Gameplay feels too repetitive on second playthrough Story The game is set in a dystopian world, the …
- [3]
Best hidden gem 2020 How can it be that I never ever heard of this game until now? When I saw this in the steam store by luck, I immediately purchased it! Liberated is a 2D interactive side-scroller telling a very well written story about a over-surveillant state. The liberated are a group of resistants fighting against the government. The story is overall great and includes nice plot twist. I absolutely enjoyed it! …
- [2]
Thanks for a very nice 2,5D platformer in "Noir" style with a short and cool story ^^ Storytelling is á la comic style presented - very innovative made and cool in my opinion :yay: In point of platforming i had directly to think on "Flashback" - well animated here too ^^ Thanks and have fun! :robocat:
- [4]
Pretty fun, short and sweet side-scrolling shooter. The comic-book style story telling wasn't really interesting and the voice-acting is halfway there, but thankfully I could just read the text and click through it. Gameplay is really basic, combat encounters are designed for your very limited view point of scenes so the AI is quite laughable at times, and you are only allowed to use the one weapon the game …
Summarised from 34 of the 200 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
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LIBERATED sits at 70% positive across 179 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Liberated received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregation website Metacritic, the Nintendo Switch version of the game holds a score of 59/100 based on 33 reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 33% of critics. The game received praise for its art style and music, but received criticism for its gameplay, level design, and poor performance of the Nintendo Switch version.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 197 · most liked firstYeah, sure, throw a 4-button QTE that lasts a 1/10th of a second at the very end of the first level. Yeah, sure, kill the main character just because I inevitably lost that one QTE, forcing the rest of the game to go on without him. Yeah, sure, put a checkpoint the second after I fail so that in order to get the best ending, I have to replay the last 30 minutes of your slow-ass walking sim just to save the guy's ass. Guys, it's okay to have a short game, you know? You don't have to wring 30…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here we go. If this game was a graphic novel, I'd be ok with it. But, it isn't. The story of a confrontation between an evil police government and free rebel citizens called Liberated. Orwell, 1984, you know. Someone here trying to convince us, what not everything so simple as a first sight. But in fact, the problem is - everything here is simple and predictable. Gray moral doesn't work in the game. We already know who's truly bad even from 1st chapter. I am sure, developers wanted gray morale…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sorry I have to leave this review but this game just made me feel empty. For starters, the art style is amazing, I've never seen anything like it and the concept of a playable comic makes it even more intriguing. But it doesn't carry the game through its multiple problems. I purchased this game on a 70% off sale and I would say the $8.70 price tag was only barely worth it for the content I got. The characters you're given control of have OK ish depth *cough* except the police captain…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished the new episode in #StarTrekOnline and I loved it.🖖 Don't want to spoil anything to others, so no more comments. Except one thing: I absolutely LOVED that Four of Six was recognised as Liberated Borg that she is. I always appreciate that kind of dialogue flavour in games.🙂
positive · AI labelView post →I thought it looked interesting because of the premise and art style but it's really nothing special. Clunky gameplay and nothing really original about the game's design or plot. Actually, regarding the plot, despite being very short and straightforward, it still feels like it doesn't even know what message it wants to send.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clumsy controls, meaningless gameplay, in the end it was just shooting without any use of the stealth mechanic. Also stuck in a puzzle without solution and couldn't finish the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Comic arts of the game are really good. The gameplay, story and controls are really bad. Moreover at the beginning of the story you seem to have multiple choices to make but not anymore at all after chapter 1. Complete wasted opportunity to have a multiple ending story driven.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished chapter 3. So far I've found the artstyle and lightning really cool but that's about all the compliments I can give to this "game". I wasn't trying to be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ when I put the word game in brackets btw, it's mostly a comic book with some really basic gameplay elements. The game also has some stealth elements like hiding behind walls, walking silently, stealth takedowns but they're implemented so poorly that honestly just using your gun is easier and faster. Your silent walk…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't think this game was really for me. The art is gorgeous and very stylised, very impressive on that front. I just didn't personally find the gameplay that interesting. If I'd realised how much of a side-scrolling shooter it was I probably wouldn't have gotten it, but I can definitely see someone into that genre enjoying themselves. Unfortunately, as I didn't personally enjoy it (and don't really have any motivation to pick it up again) I have to give it a thumbs down. Kudos to the devs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good visual, interesting story and no reason for "player" difficulty. Even "quick-time events" time for reaction didn't changing, only "healthbar" of enemies. And there is some "choose A or B"-choices, but to look at different options you need to play from the very start of chapter. Especially bad this one last "quick-time" in the end of chapter 1 (3 pushes with different last key"). You failed it? Too bad - go to the beginning of chapter, you can't select scene to play. So, if you want to see…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi I’m Saremy 👋🏼 I make sewing videos for pattern companies, run a community called Sew Sew Guild, & I’m the Fit Expert for Sew Liberated Patterns. I like to sew and game! FIDM graduate, worked as a pattern drafter, designer & grader in the fashion & outer wear industry. Now I sew live on YouTube. 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for a very nice 2,5D platformer in "Noir" style with a short and cool story ^^ Storytelling is á la comic style presented - very innovative made and cool in my opinion :yay: In point of platforming i had directly to think on "Flashback" - well animated here too ^^ Thanks and have fun! :robocat:
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish I had played the demo first.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction Liberated is a stylish platformer with shooting, stealth mechanics and QTEs. Pros & Cons Pros: + Engaging story told from different perspectives + Very stylish look + Replay ability provided with achievements and story decisions Cons: - Animations are poor and buggy - QTEs will catch you by surprise - Gameplay feels too repetitive on second playthrough Story The game is set in a dystopian world, the kind where big brother is watching you all the time. So, the story follows a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun, short and sweet side-scrolling shooter. The comic-book style story telling wasn't really interesting and the voice-acting is halfway there, but thankfully I could just read the text and click through it. Gameplay is really basic, combat encounters are designed for your very limited view point of scenes so the AI is quite laughable at times, and you are only allowed to use the one weapon the game allocates for that particular section, but it's still mostly satisfying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't really know what to expect when i bought this game. It wasn't really planned anyway but I got a coupon with a 80 % discount and after a quick check thought, eh, why not. Looks interesting, About the game itself...well, it kinda lacks...the game. All you do is pretty much read a comic book thats audio voiced and in between there are a few sessions in which you run from left to right, hide from some enemies and drones or shot them and solve a handful of minipuzzles. Thats it. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The goal of my Momir PreDH deck is always to kill each different player in a separate game brought about by Karn Liberated ultimates. I have managed to kill three of four opponents in a series of games but the fifth one conceded rather than endure a fifth game of our game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Had a good game today. Leveled up. Got important intel. Took out a gang of biker pigs. Liberated a semi truck from them loaded with precious ice cream! GG
neutral · AI labelView post →The gameplay is very dull and shallow and the story didn't really grip me either. In the beginning it introduced a multiple choice system but unfortunately this was dropped entirely soon afterwards, making the story even less interesting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On one hand, it's the game with the most boring gameplay and an idiotic dystopian plot for kids, where the "good guy" kills cops on an industrial scale, and on the other hand, it has a well-implemented interactive comic style. But, unfortunately, it's incredibly boring to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can play as a 60 year old Chief of Police who despite his old age, runs jumps and falls his way through an enemy base, the later chapters in this game and their "difficulty", will give you grey hairs too so, Look forward to that. Chapter/book/issue 4 of game is absolutely feels against the player in terms of level design. Sure, you get a shotgun. But enemies suddenly are placed in areas obstructed by the foreground, explodey drones (that do half your health and if more than 1 hits you it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish there was a "just ok" rating, the "living comic" is not original at all and has existed since the 80's, you play as the "bad guy" for half the game and in the end.... very little changed. But that is the point of the game, just showing people the truth isn't going to fix everything, but... it's a start? It's a distopia that hits a little too close to home.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not worth, just hold D till you beat the game basically.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review contains major spoilers. Be warned and proceed at your discretion. LIBERATED is one of the games that you're not meant to have fun with. It tells a dark story about dystopian future, where the government controls every aspect of human lives. Don't purchase or gain enough via wire? Don't post enough photos on social media? You're under suspicion. Maybe you post an online comment doubting the current government? You're asking to be arrested, discredited, pretty much erased. There's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is gripping and the visual novel part is nicely done, but the game part is boring, repetitive, and tedious. I would love to see this as an animated visual novel or even a physical comic book, but it's a game. Pros + Gripping story + Dystopian noir setting + Sound Cons - Repetitive and tedious gameplay boils down to 2-3 types of actions that you need to do over and over again in order to see as the story unfolds - Visuals of the comic book are significantly better than the visuals…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A 12-year-old's take on 1984. It's a story driven game where the characters are bland, the plot is bad, and the gameplay is somehow worse. The graphic novel element isn't enough to hold this game above water.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baby's first anti government storyline might have one of the worst shotguns
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay wasn't interesting enough to keep me tracing mediocre story. Graphics in comics differs hilarously much from that in gameplay, animations are clunky, interactions slow, controls have uneven responsibility. Strange design bugs like comic bubble covering button for quick time meele combat event or aim swinging in Z axis after receiving a shot, so we are to lose that particular shooting and have to start over. I can play a game for a story and atmosphere, if gameplay serves them. In this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Liberated is a combination neo-noir dystopian visual novel combined with 2D sidescroller sections that have action, stealth, and some puzzle elements. On a level of recommend and do not recommend, I'm going to recommend it with some caveats. This won't be for everyone, but there's some interesting themes, and if you're in the mood for a dark graphic novel then this may be for you. First to get out of the way, I really liked the music - lots of heavy synth, and industrial sound. The rest of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Note, that most positive reviews here came from people who probably completed the game. That's right, the game is quite short. It's not hard even in player mode (there are two, story mode and player mode). Generally you shoot everything that moves and you will be okay. Sometimes you will encounter some puzzles there but don't worry they are easily solved. The story is straightforward. I didn't find particular dramatic plot twists in it. Personally I enjoyed the game. The graphics is good for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am replaying Pyre and I already noticing a lot of differences just by changing the first Liberated characters, it's such a brilliant game and it's themes are unfortunately all too relevant 💔 I think it might edge out Hades as my favourite Supergiant Games game 🎮
positive · AI labelView post →To patch #Linux systemd to exclude #ageverification, users can use ... - #Liberated systemd: A standalone fork that removes surveillance-enabling code - #systemd-no-age-verification: A GitHub repository that reverts the specific commits i - #AgelessLinux : A compliance-tracking project that offers a script
neutral · AI labelView post →something with time counters, then resets the game like Karn Liberated
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the worst games I've ever played, the gameplay is clunky, the graphics are alright but then it's all brought down by the abysmal story. It's hard to root for any of the characters because the game is such a world building joke, an evil government run by literal reddit moderators. The game then asks you to take this threat seriously. The game is heavy handed in it's messaging and it's not helped that over it's run time it somehow devolves into meandering monologues. Having such a clear…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Liberated" is an interactive comic with an interesting story and playable elements. The story asks what happens when a “social score” is introduced for citizens and how it can be misused. What consequences this can have becomes clear in the first DLC issue. A classic dystopia, bitterly told. The graphics in the playable levels are somewhat reminiscent of “This War of Mine”. The playable elements are somewhat reminiscent of “The Fall”, a shooter with a few jump and run elements and small…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was alright. I loved the visual style, but the story could've been a bit better. I still recommend playing it to see for yourself. Soundtrack was good too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played every bit of LIBERATED. This game just added up to nothing. I don't think the developer understood what they were referencing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best hidden gem 2020 How can it be that I never ever heard of this game until now? When I saw this in the steam store by luck, I immediately purchased it! Liberated is a 2D interactive side-scroller telling a very well written story about a over-surveillant state. The liberated are a group of resistants fighting against the government. The story is overall great and includes nice plot twist. I absolutely enjoyed it! The whole game is a playable comic and uses black & grey visuals, which are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is telling quite interesting story using beautiful and dark art style with unique idea to put it all in virtual comic book. Not everything is that beautiful though. The gameplay was a bit dull to me - level design is not brilliant, there is very little variety in mechanics - basically you have to go left or right and shoot everything that is moving. Sometimes it is spice up by a puzzle or quick time event. But despite those drawbacks I recommend this game - especially that it isn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No hate to the devs. A cool concept that suffers from a low budget and unfinished story
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day 98: Karn Liberated (2XM) (Original Artist: Jason Chan) Reading the rulings page for Karn is wild. "In a multiplayer game, any player who left the game before it was restarted with Karn's ability won't be involved in the new game" 37-minute #scryfallrandom #dailysketch #sketch
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like reading comics, this game is for you. the game involved us in the action while presenting the message it wants to give in a holistic story. drawings are great! the story is impressive! best 3$ benefit for me:) Enjoy it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Liberated is a short and easy game but with a good message that leaves you thinking. As a Polish indie game, the simplistic gameplay does not overstay its welcome as it's a fairly short 5h game. That's pretty much all I have to say about the gameplay. The comic book style story telling was nice. The chapters that focused on the rebels had more to say than the 2 chapters focusing on the cop's perspective. But I guess we can see how hard-headed these self-righteous fascist pigs can be all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not shiny. It's pretty gray. But that fits the noir. The story goes: surveillance state, rebels, civilian casualties, who's to blame. The law is the law. You get some clicking, enough to make me keep running to the right. I didn't mind the acting. The timed mini games will make you stress for a second, keep a stopwatch nearby and just reload your last checkpoint. I think the timer keeps running even if you pause.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting game, good gameplay. The comic is good, both the script and the drawing. I recommend it, good experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like to think Liberated was inspired by these old animated shorts such as The Sad Reality Of This World animation and IN-SHADOW - A Modern Odyssey - An animated Short Film that was popular back in my day, (man I'm old, not that old btw). This game is oozing with style from the use of detailed lighting effects and subtle hue shades of black and white, emphasising the grimness of a noir dystopian world told in comic panels with the addition of onomatopoeias. I love how everyone just looks so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uhh... this isn't quite a good quicktime movie-game, and it's not quite a good stealthy game either. Really can't find anything redeeming about it, at all. I'ts kinda pretty, I guess?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun short story with an inventive style, I'd echo what other reviews say that the gameplay is perhaps a little basic, but the story was fun enough to make me compelled to finish it in one sitting. My main question of the gameplay is the stealth mechanic. As far as I can tell there's really no reason to waste your time hiding in a alcove to get a sneak attack when most enemies die with 1 or 2 well placed headshots, and as far as I can tell gunshots don't attract any significant attention…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy smokes! What a beast of a game. It's got unique visuals, it's got puzzles, it's got action... all wrapped in a not-so-far-away futuristic plot. If you haven't been blown away by a game in a while, this hidden gem might do the trick for you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Watch Dogs" sucks a giant thick gear compared to LIBERATED. It's all I can say. Adorable noir+comics combo!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hm, I'd give this one a MEH... The animated neo noir comic style is unique, the story is ok, and the ending is really interesting and worth to think about. On the other hand, the "gameplay", which are short sections of moving and shooting, is very repetitive. Once in a while there is a little puzzle or QTE. The Combat is clunky. The DLC are 10 minutes of content each, so very short and in the same style as the main game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cool visual style of this game cannot change the fact that a large portion of its core gameplay is the worst mechanic in the world: quick time events. It doesn't matter how cool it looks, or how good a story they're trying to tell; QTEs is lazy, uninspired game design, and the fact a huge part of the gameplay is that disqualifies it from being even a decent game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game with potential.. but with wasted potential. Visually beautiful, technically a failure. It is not worth it even after the discounted price
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have nothing bad at all to say about this game...love the comic book concept and the art the story line the game play etc etc... all great.. truly wish there was more games like this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This story is really great. And I love a lot of the characters and the unique style of comic book integrated platformer gameplay. It's just a cool time. Can't wait to see where it goes next.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really liked the story, it was very interesting and reflect life on how grimey the government can really be. The comic book cutscenes were awesome. However i think the gameplay couldve been a lot better, smoother and especially the jumping. The game was very short as well you can beat it in a couple of hours. So my take on it is great story told thru cool comic book cutscenes but the gameplay couldve been better. The puzzle elements were cool too. A part 2 would be nice with some color, more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was worth my time! I'd give it something like a 7 or 8 out of 10, probably because I did not have that much fun. I don't know why exactly, because I loved everything... It's so unique I think you gotta play it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried to like this, but there are loads of better sidescroller games out there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is actually an interactive comic book whose story is set in the near future. The public is completely monitored by the government and some people are not happy about it. Great, well-made game idea. Don't forget about the free DLCs.
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