Still Life 2
Still Life 2
Game
Game2011
Still Life
Developer Microids
Still Life is a 2005 adventure game by Microïds. Still Life is a sequel to Post Mortem. A sequel, Still Life 2, was released in 2009. The game has since sold 240,000 copies worldwide. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
217 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
135 positive · 43 negative
95% range 69–82%
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| Steam reviews | 135 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
436 of 540 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 140 yes, 44 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (913 of 1,113 positive).
Players praise the dark atmosphere and compelling story. [1][2][3] Many find the puzzles frustrating and illogical. [4][5][6] Several reviewers criticize the abrupt cliffhanger ending. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [6]
Download dgVoodoo and drop the appropriate DLLs into the game's installation folder to avoid issues on newer hardware. Yet another reason why Steam needs a "meh" button. The story, up until the ending, is fine and has you wanting to progress to solve the case, but the puzzles range from annoying, to impossible to solve without a walkthrough. The worst are presented as logic puzzles, but logic only gets you so far …
- [1]
I didn't expect this game to be this good and thrilling —wow! I wish I had discovered it and played it years ago. Still Life is a classic point & click game developed by the same people who created Syberia, both games have a similar art style, especially the first two games from Syberia. In this game, you play as an FBI agent, Victoria McPherson, who was called to investigate a serial murder case. When she arrived …
- [7]
A Masterpiece of Atmosphere Undone by Its Final Act Highly Recommended, with a major warning. Still Life is a masterclass in creating a dark, gritty, and compelling detective noir in the point-and-click genre. It improves upon its predecessor, Post Mortem, in every conceivable way, from its interface to its storytelling. It will pull you into its dual-timeline mystery and hold you there... right up until the very …
- [2]
🍰 Runs on windows 10 with no issues. 🍰 Wonderful voice overs. 🍰 Movie like narrative driven story. 🍰 Immersive & believable characters, plot, environment, events. 🍰 Mostly reasonable puzzles & things you have to do at the start of the game. 🍰 Element's of daily life add to the game very well. 🍰 Couldn't mix correctly ingredients in a cooking puzzle even with a guide, still love the puzzle. 🍰 Skip dialog text …
- [3]
A series of murders have been taking place and we're plopped in the middle of it as Victoria McPhearson. She's talented at her job, definitely a bit of an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with her snarkyness and she'll constantly stand up for herself, even when it costs her more than it gains her. The dark vibes of the game were the main reason I actually played this. The sleek and stylish presentation and the boldness of not shying away …
Summarised from 34 of the 218 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Still Life sits at 76% positive across 178 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to Microïds, Still Life and its predecessor, Post Mortem, were commercial successes. The publisher reported combined global sales for the series above 500,000 units by September 2008. The worldwide sell-through of Still Life alone surpassed 240,000 units by May 2009. Still Life received fairly favorable reviews from critics. Its Metacritic scores are 75/100 for PC and 70/100 for Xbox, based on reviews by respectively 27 and 29 critics. Its GameRankings scores are 75.77% for PC and 68.68% for Xbox, based on reviews by respectively 35 and 31 critics. David Clayman of IGN commented: "Still Life is an enjoyable albeit short diversion for fans of classic adventure games. As usual, this…
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Reactions
60 of 217 · most liked firstHappy Bunday! Still Life of my Hare artificer from a custom Blades in the Dark game who I've been slowly falling in love with the past few months. 🍜 #FurryArt #TTRPG #OriginalCharacter
neutral · AI labelView post →Still Life with Apple In-game screenshot (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
neutral · AI labelView post →A Still Life Of Game Birds, Grouse, A Hare And A Kingfisher, With A Basket Of Fruit At The Foot Of A Stone Urn, An Ornamental Garden With A Fountain Beyond Jan Weenix (Dutch, 1641-1719)
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't expect this game to be this good and thrilling —wow! I wish I had discovered it and played it years ago. Still Life is a classic point & click game developed by the same people who created Syberia, both games have a similar art style, especially the first two games from Syberia. In this game, you play as an FBI agent, Victoria McPherson, who was called to investigate a serial murder case. When she arrived at the murder scene, it was already the fifth death. The killer seems to target…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ayliean MacDonald's #MathArtMarch Day 30: Game "Still Life with Glider" A Conway Game-of-Life still life (stable pattern) that's about to be demolished by the glider lurking in the bottom right corner. From my book Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual Design (PUP, 2019).
neutral · AI labelView post →Rijksmuseum aka the Dutch National Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Pictured: Modern Art Object outside the museum, Still Life with Game, Still Life with Books, & Children Teaching a Cat to Dance. 🇳🇱🖼️🧳✈️🏛️ #photography #travel #art #museum #painting
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Wolverine still has a lot of Bidenmentia in it. It's a Backrooms Still Life version of a game. Proper Trump 2 stuff I think is gonna be desperately copying the Japanese.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m a bit mixed on this one. As a complete package, Still Life is a very enjoyable adventure game, but its lack of consistently engaging puzzles sometimes makes it feel more like an interactive novel than a traditional point and click. That said, the strength of the story and atmosphere more than make up for it. Like many older adventure titles, it occasionally leans into obtuse or frustrating puzzle design at times approaching the levels of The Longest Journey in how counterintuitive some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit (Granada 1602). Although Sánchez pursued different genres of painting, portraits, and religious compositions, his main contribution was the establishment of the still life, considered the most characteristically Spanish genre.
neutral · AI labelView post →Download dgVoodoo and drop the appropriate DLLs into the game's installation folder to avoid issues on newer hardware. Yet another reason why Steam needs a "meh" button. The story, up until the ending, is fine and has you wanting to progress to solve the case, but the puzzles range from annoying, to impossible to solve without a walkthrough. The worst are presented as logic puzzles, but logic only gets you so far and you ultimately need to make some wild guesses to reach the solution. A good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recently discovered Still Life from finding Syberia on the same day, strangely. Over 100 pages of games & these two titles stood out. (Great timing too, as Syberia: The World Before - Prologue is coming out in December!) Now I know why because I'm a protective fan of both franchises, even though I didn't grow up with them. Whilst Syberia is a whimsical, & imaginative adventure, Still Life is a dark & mature story . Starring Victoria McPherson; a sarcastic, funny, & likeable F.B.I. agent that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here are some of my *current* favorite things: 📺 tv series: Gumby 💚 🎥 film: Project Hail Mary 🪨 🎮 video game: Penko Park 📸 🎨 color: Forest Green 🌲 🧩 activity: Watching Backrooms videos on YouTube 🧱 🎧 song: Still Life by Kane Parsons 🟨 🥣 fruit: Cantaloupe 🍈
neutral · AI labelView post →Still Life with Game, 1782, by #AnneVallayerCoster (French, 1744-1818), who died #otd, Feb 27. Held by @toledomuseum.bsky.social; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St... #artherstory #womenartists
neutral · AI labelView post →#RandomGameSaturday Still Life was a modern classic adventure game with a great interface, atmosphere, and a unique dual timeline mystery story with fantastic puzzle gameplay. Still Life 2 threw out the first's story to rip off Saw. With lots of bugs. youtu.be/0SPlnvku0M0?...
positive · AI labelView post →We had the best time @glasgowindiegamesfest.org! Announcing Glenmara: Still Life Artist there was really special. It was great to watch so many people playing our game and all the other games too 🎮Thanks so much to the GIGF team for all their hard work and making it a super fun and chill weekend 🙏🏻✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Played this game for the first time when I was 14-15 years old. Made me want to be a detective. Found it again now and I'm 28 with a criminology degree. After all these years I remember every detail of the game. It shaped me. Thank you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting game, story is alright, flow is pretty well. Unfortunately, this game DOES NOT run on modern hardware. You will have to jump through several hoops to get it running and the experience is not great. I don't know why steam sells games that do not run out of the box. The story is also incomplete and ends in a cliffhanger. The resolution of the plot is in the sequel.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🍰 Runs on windows 10 with no issues. 🍰 Wonderful voice overs. 🍰 Movie like narrative driven story. 🍰 Immersive & believable characters, plot, environment, events. 🍰 Mostly reasonable puzzles & things you have to do at the start of the game. 🍰 Element's of daily life add to the game very well. 🍰 Couldn't mix correctly ingredients in a cooking puzzle even with a guide, still love the puzzle. 🍰 Skip dialog text available with SPACEBAR not with mouse buttons. 💔 You play too many times…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still Life with Game Fowl 1600/03 Juan Sánchez Cotán (Art Institute Chicago)
neutral · AI labelView post →Still life studies in 4 tones. Kinda love how this one turned out. Friends say it looks like an indi game. #art #still_life
neutral · AI labelView post →💙 Glenmara: Still Life Artist 🎨 Our next game, coming soon! Become a painter on the wee Scottish isle of Glenmara. Learn your fellow islanders’ stories with heaps of inspiring objects to arrange, unique backdrops and customisable painting styles! Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/4022800 🫶🏻
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally crossed this one off the bucket list of games I never finished as a kid. My brother and I used to play this back in the day but never actually finished it. When I saw it on sale on Steam, nostalgia took over and I had to grab it. After a long journey, I’ve finally reached the credits. --- + The Positives ▪︎ Aged Like Fine Wine: For a game that’s 21 years old, the graphics still look fantastic and hold a great atmosphere. ▪︎ A Strong Lead: I loved Victoria. She’s a total bada*s…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also one of my own backrooms ideas somehow independently came up with its own Still Life esque concept (This was before the movie even game out), not like 1:1 but you can see similarities, I can't believe kane parsons would send apparitions to steal ideas from my mind smh
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, Still Life has aged very poorly. The lack of basic quality-of-life features makes the experience unnecessarily frustrating. There is "fast" travel but the protagonist moves painfully slowly between locations, turning simple backtracking into a test of patience rather than deduction. Compared to Post Mortem, the game also loses narrative strength. There is no internal narration or meaningful dialogue choices, and many conversations feel awkward, forced, or even in poor taste…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What lies beneath great art direction and an interesting premise is ultimately a meandering story wrought with illogical and annoying puzzles, and drawn out animations that you will watch over and over. Then after all is said and done you are left with an unsatisfying ending that doesn't feel worth the frustration. Technical issues include having to download external programs to cap fps and crashing if you do certain objectives in an order that the developers didn't plan for. Smooth sailing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy smokes, I gotta up my reading game! Too much doomscrolling. I absolutely loved Still Life. Loved, loved, loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →Its a shame that this game is sandwiched in between a lackluster prequel and a god awful sequel. If u play any game in this series pick this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#PlayEverything 1656. Van Der Graaf Generator; Still Life. 1976. Five perfect tracks from a band on top of their game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is very 2005. Once you boot it through an emulator (I used DXWND), it runs fine, but it has some rendering and navigation issues that were common at the time: the main character's hair scaffolds are visible, so it looks like she's wearing a headpiece of dry spaghetti all the time; navigating to new scenes doesn't always work. I had to switch between mouse and keyboard navigation a million times in order to advance to the next area. Extremely off-putting. Also, some of the puzzles…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today, Jun 25, Juan Sánchez Cotán's Birthday (Jun 25, 1560) Major Works - Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits - Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber - Bodegón con flores, hortalizas y un cesto de cerezas (Sánchez Co... #Art source:Commons
neutral · AI labelView post →I originally played Still Life back in 2015 and recently decided to replay it. I'm happy to say that I enjoyed it just as much this time around. Even though it's an older point-and-click adventure game I honestly don't have much to criticize. The story is excellent, the atmosphere is great, and the soundtrack is fantastic. Yes, some aspects show their age but that's simply how games of that era were designed, and it never bothered me. For me, it's still a 10/10 experience. I had completely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good game, but the puzzles really push the limits of how patient the player can be. A lot of the puzzles in this game require huge leaps in logic to be able to solve, often requiring logic / interpretation that goes far beyond the game's world. In other words, it is difficult to gauge how far the game wants the player to go with their reasoning, and the inconsistency in puzzle difficulty is far more upsetting than the puzzles themselves. The game does come with a handy pdf guide included…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →maybe a point and click classic to some but as someone who's never played this up until now, the game just felt way too weird and icky. some things that didn't feel right: forced dialogues, almost fetish-like portrayal of dead women, painfully stereotypic depiction of a black man, the main character (who is a WOMAN) going "this girl liked pain" as her first reaction to seeing a dead body of a tattooed woman with piercings, then some five minutes later proceeding to get groped by her male…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this amazing game is for 2005 and it's a very interesting game like la noire its even older especially if you love detective games and serial killers pure nostalgia and underrated
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still Life with Dead Game, 1680s By William Gouw Ferguson (c. 1632/3 - after 1689) of Scottish birth and also active in the Netherlands.
neutral · AI labelView post →not a murder mystery without an underground sex dungeon
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a free copy of syberia 1 and 2 on GOG, i thought its just talking and clicking game then i tried it anyways and now i automatically fell on this one and i love these kind of games now lots of puzzles to open your brain
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a pretty good point and click adventure, I love the plot line, the exploring, the puzzles, the soundtrack, etc. Some puzzles were really annoying and required me to check an online playthrough guide, but most of them were easy to understand. I like how it keeps going from Victoria to Gustav McPherson and you get to play as both and learn more of the story of what happened with Gustav. I don't really like the ending, it ends so suddenly and you don't get to know who was the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The cookie puzzle is half my play time. Beside that its good point and click game. This game melted my brain because I am stupid and have an iq so low I can not fry an egg.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a cult classic point-and-click adventure with a killer atmosphere. The dark, moody vibe and the dual-timeline murder mystery are still intriguing today. The voice acting is solid for its time, and some puzzles are genuinely clever. But oh boy, get ready for some classic "adventure game logic" where solutions make zero sense. The controls feel clunky now, and the ending is famously abrupt and unsatisfying. A must-play for genre fans who love noir, but a frustrating relic for everyone…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the fact that you play an FBI agent, you never use a weapon. Still Life is an adventure, through and through. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3616650623
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story, characters, atmosphere, and twists are phenomenal, and while the puzzles can get ridiculously hard/annoying at points, if you can push past that flaw like I did, you've got one amazing adventure game here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love Syberia, you'd love this. If you love this, play Syberia too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →crazy good point and click with really intriguing lore and atmosphere I sure hope the sequel will be just as good if not better Clueless
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite point & click games. It has a mysterious, otherworldly atmosphere that really draws you in. I especially love how it captures the vibe of 90s crime movies dark and moody.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Masterpiece of Atmosphere Undone by Its Final Act Highly Recommended, with a major warning. Still Life is a masterclass in creating a dark, gritty, and compelling detective noir in the point-and-click genre. It improves upon its predecessor, Post Mortem, in every conceivable way, from its interface to its storytelling. It will pull you into its dual-timeline mystery and hold you there... right up until the very end, which is probably one of the most infamous and frustrating cliffhangers in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried all the fixes and this game still crashed during cutscenes. Thought I fixed it but after losing over an hour of progress from a crash, couldn't get past one of the first cutscenes again. Unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The time I've spent looking for this game since first playing on OG Xbox has been ridiculous, I can't believe I didn't think about looking on here sooner. So glad it just hit me one night, I'm stoked. It's a little glitchy, ngl, some times I just get stuck and it doesn't make sense clicking the same darn thing and stuff doesn't work. But all in all, I still like this game very much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have solved the cookies puzzle in my third try... and I have spent +2 hours for lock picking a door puzzle and +4 hours for the computer search puzzle. Old point click games had a serious problem with pixel searching as a one of the main game design choices and it's a very big part of this game's in game mechanics. That annoyed me a lot. But this is a good game with good story. Give it a try if you like to want to solve some murder mysteries.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story is pretty good. Characters are mostly likable. Main problem is that there isn't much gameplay here. You just talk with one character, who tells you to talk to another character, who tells you to talk to another character... Occasionally, you'll have to pickup an item and use it on another item in the vicinity, but there's no real problem solving. The only time you'll really get stuck is if you miss an object and then have to wander around till you find it. It seems the developers…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first played this years back I remember I at first think Victoria was just skinny and pretty man. It is interesting to play it again and I think it is still very good game. Style is very cool and graphics are still good too. Story is interesting and dark. Reminds you of detective movies to catch killers and it is cool to be part on it. Characters are good too. Puzzles are sometimes very hard and I remember I did not finish this game when I first played it but this time I did so I'm glad…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i like it. i simple and nice scenario adventure, not busting balls also. only some riddles is out of nowhere but not impossible to solve them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alt+Tab x 2. You can thank me later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A series of murders have been taking place and we're plopped in the middle of it as Victoria McPhearson. She's talented at her job, definitely a bit of an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with her snarkyness and she'll constantly stand up for herself, even when it costs her more than it gains her. The dark vibes of the game were the main reason I actually played this. The sleek and stylish presentation and the boldness of not shying away from gruesome details was just too alluring for me to miss out. I don't even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful game. Could be better if it weren't for that horrible spider robots puzzle. Well, it isn't a puzzle. It is a form of torture. But thanks to some marvellous gamers I found the 'save' and after 3 years of trying and giving up, I finally had my happy ending. Now, here I go to Still Life 2. Let's see what it may bring. Happiness or frustration. Who knows!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daily photo from my visit to the permanent collection of the Kadriorg Museum in Tallinn: Clara Peeters (!), "Still Life with Game". digikogu.ekm.ee/eng/fpage/se...
neutral · AI labelView post →Clara Peeters, "Still Life with Small Game and Grapes on a Gilded Tazza", c. 1620, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo. Photo by Børre Høstland / The National Museum. www.alaintruong.com/2026/08/woma...
neutral · AI labelView post →Still Life with Small Game and Grapes on a Gilded Tazza Clara Peeters c1620 (brightened, monochrome) see www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
neutral · AI labelView post →started in 2021. forgot to take picture of sketch. finished in 2026. forgot to do grisaille underpainting. fan art for video game "Blasphemous" (2021) "Sleeping Canvases Still Life" 7/24/26 Oil on cardboard 5.5" x 5.7"
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