Syberia 3
Developer Microids
Syberia 3 is a graphic adventure video game developed by Microïds and published by Anuman for macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It is the third entry of the Syberia series and follows the adventures of American lawyer Kate Walker as she travels to various locations in the former Soviet Union. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
213 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84 positive · 104 negative
95% range 38–52%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 84 | 104 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What players are saying
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: Mixed (2,480 of 4,823 positive).
Players are divided on Syberia 3, with many praising its story and atmosphere but criticizing its technical flaws. [1][2][3] The game is widely seen as the weakest entry in the series, with poor controls and bugs. [4][5][6] Some reviewers find the game enjoyable despite its issues, while others consider it unplayable. [7][8][9]
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Interesting chars, good story, great adventure!!! It would have profited from an in game save (not consumer friendly having to copy'n'paste one's save files manually) And there are way too many mechanical puzzles which I enjoy as much as the next woman but I didn't sign up to be a full time engineer :D Anyway it's still a fantastic game! One of the best, if not the best I ever played. And I don't see why so many …
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🎮 Syberia 3 Review – A Beautiful World Held Back by Technical Flaws I truly enjoyed Syberia 3. The game pulls you into a rich, immersive world where you genuinely feel like you're living among the Youkols. The atmosphere is captivating, and the story continues the legacy of the series in a heartfelt way. 🕹️ Gameplay: 7/10 – The gameplay is decent, but not without issues. The cursor randomly disappears, forcing me …
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AWFUL game. I'm determined to get through it because I loved the first two games and I wanna play The World before. But the entire experience is rage inducing. The controls are the worst I've ever come across. It's based on camera perspective, which shift frequently and erratically, so you might end up running right back into the area you came from. Not only that, but for some reason, sometimes turning is like …
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sure wish the controls weren't like #that edit on completion: there are absolutely 0 redeeming qualities of this instalment. every aspect is bad. from the controls to the voice acting to the story, i just hated the whole experience i fear
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Syberia 3 tries too hard to be a worthy new chapter in Kate Walker’s series, but it’s frustrating and disappointingly flawed. It is a shameful ending to a beloved series.
Summarised from 34 of the 216 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
The crowd is split on Syberia 3: 87 recommend it, 103 don't. Which camp are you in?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Syberia 3 received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic. Elise Favis's scored the game 5/10 on Game Informer and said "The Syberia series is a product of its time, and Syberia 3 doesn't bring back any excitement. It is plagued by bugs, a disappointing storyline, cliché characters, and puzzles that are more frustrating than fun. This return fails to do the series justice, feeling more like an unpolished and dated adventure game instead of a revival." GameSpot's Michael Highham scored the game 4/10 and concluded: "Slivers of enjoyment and potential are found within a disconnected and underwhelming journey. The characters, their interactions,…
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Reactions
60 of 213 · most liked firstOk, well you obviously don't understand how Denuvo actually works, so let me give you the simple TLDR version. Maybe if you understand how it works, you can see why it is so bad. When a developer compiles their game with Denuvo, Denuvo adds itself to various functions of the game (set by the developer but has defaults as well). Usually this includes at least the main game loop which runs every frame, but also to other functions in the game as well. I cannot remember if Denuvo is added to…
neutral · AI labelView post →Syberia 3, nobody asked for it and it is most definitely clear to us that the developers did not want to make it either... The story of Syberia ended with the duo-logy back in 2002-2004. If they wanted to make a Syberia 3, it would have came out sooner or later, NOT 12 YEARS later! Benoit Sokal, the artist behind Syberia, admitted himself in a passionless interview that only the story was important to him: Immersion and emotion. He couldn't care less about the gameplay, that was on the French…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting chars, good story, great adventure!!! It would have profited from an in game save (not consumer friendly having to copy'n'paste one's save files manually) And there are way too many mechanical puzzles which I enjoy as much as the next woman but I didn't sign up to be a full time engineer :D Anyway it's still a fantastic game! One of the best, if not the best I ever played. And I don't see why so many people didn't like it, I never encountered any bugs and the story is very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The systems creak and wobble, but the story and imagination don't fall. Even when the footing slips, the heart keeps moving.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Took took… Kate Walker strong spirit… but game… not strong spirit... Youkol tribe travel long journey… but controls… walk like broken mammoth 🐘 Olga say “she fine”… but she NOT fine 💀 Puzzles easy like child of tribe solve… no challenge for great Kate Kate Walker Story… many words… little sense… spirits confused But… journey still funny… made me laugh like drunk shaman Overall… game is mid spirit… 5.5/10 mammoths Took took
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AWFUL game. I'm determined to get through it because I loved the first two games and I wanna play The World before. But the entire experience is rage inducing. The controls are the worst I've ever come across. It's based on camera perspective, which shift frequently and erratically, so you might end up running right back into the area you came from. Not only that, but for some reason, sometimes turning is like turning a super tanker. It's like the control input has to run through mud before…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3 is a technically horrible game. I've played a little over an hour so far, so I can't really comment on the story yet, but from a technical standpoint, this is a game to avoid at all costs. If you're a fan of the series, play the first two games, watch a story recap of the third one, and go straight to the fourth. It's simply not worth it. The main things that shocked me: The graphics settings are stuck in 1999. The game was released in 2017, yet you can only configure the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game because I loved Syberia 1 & 2, but this game makes it impossible... What is wrong with this game? - controls are terrible, from moving to interacting with stuff - inventory is terrible to view, use and interact with - mouse keeps dissapearing when you zoom into interactable things so its zoom in, zoom out, zoom in zoom out all the time untill the mouse coursor appears in the interactable scene - there is no journal with active tasks so when you come back to the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably worst Syberia game in the series, but still interesting enough to check it out (pun intended). Overall story will engage you and have enough mystery going on to hold you tight to the end. Some puzzles are way too easy and might feel unbalanced. Meet known automaton from previous games is welcome. Generally game is a bit controversial and for fans of Syberia a bit of let down. Soundtrack is great and dialogues mostly good however voice acting not that much. Game ending is a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tolerated the terrible gameplay for 6 hours and accidentally reinstalled the game - save gone. Incredible experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the first two games. While this third one did have it's moments of fun, it seriously missed the mark. So many small things added up. Glitching camera. Voice acting not matching the characters. The constant use of Kate's full name at every turn, even though the characters already know her. ("Yes, Kate Walker." "We must be going, Kate Walker.") The mouse pointer still visible all the time on the screen despite the game recognizing you are using an Xbox controller. The really low and grainy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →sure wish the controls weren't like #that edit on completion: there are absolutely 0 redeeming qualities of this instalment. every aspect is bad. from the controls to the voice acting to the story, i just hated the whole experience i fear
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful game with a good story. All the Syberia games are worth playing. I play them all every few years. That said, this game needs to be remade to avoid the inherent racism. The whole white savior thing personally made me ill as an indigenous person. The way the Youkols are portrayed as child-like idiots who are gullible morons is wrong if they are human, which they clearly are. This could be easily avoided in a remake if they change it so they are not human, but are related to Mr.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game came out 13 years after Syberia II, and honestly, if I had to wait that long and Syberia 3 was the result, I'd be kind of pissed off about it. TL;DR: Only pick this up if you REALLY want to go through all of the Syberia games. Otherwise, give it a skip. The World Before is a much better title. First off, this is one of the worst controlling games I've ever played, and for a point & click game, that is damning. When you move with the WASD keys, the direction you move is based on where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a technical disaster and controls horribly. It clearly was not made with PC in mind. Since it was in development hell for quite some time it looks and plays like a game from 2013 although it was released in 2017. On an RTX 4090, this does not run in 4k 240 FPS even though it looks poor also for 2017. Only play this if you are a fan of the first two Syberia games and want to experience all the games yourself. It seems the successor was at least better. Unfortunately, the distinct…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3 tries too hard to be a worthy new chapter in Kate Walker’s series, but it’s frustrating and disappointingly flawed. It is a shameful ending to a beloved series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cursor is BUGGED in a POINT N CLICK game!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Next to **Baldur’s Gate 2** and **Icewind Dale**, which will probably take several more months at least, I’ve also been playing through the Syberia series. I’m now on **Syberia 3**, and I must admit it’s frustrating at times. The controls are awful. As an example: I literally had to frantically rotate the mouse for several minutes to rotate a crank ever so slowly. It’s a shame because the world of Syberia is one with real character, and even though that’s less apparent than in the previous…
negative · AI labelView post →This game is the aftertaste of a better game. Everything it does is something you can say is a mechanic of a game that has been well received elsewhere. But in this game it all feels so very mediocre. And worse it feels slow, I had to force myself to play the last couple hours just so that I wouldn't leave it incomplete.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮 Syberia 3 Review – A Beautiful World Held Back by Technical Flaws I truly enjoyed Syberia 3. The game pulls you into a rich, immersive world where you genuinely feel like you're living among the Youkols. The atmosphere is captivating, and the story continues the legacy of the series in a heartfelt way. 🕹️ Gameplay: 7/10 – The gameplay is decent, but not without issues. The cursor randomly disappears, forcing me to use a controller—which wouldn't be a problem if the movement system weren't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 it cant be that bad can it??? can it??? it could!!! and it was!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried. This is the perfect storm of mediocre to bad game development. The voice acting is flat, the animations are robotic, the story is inconsistent, the controls are janky...the vibes are wack, bro. The follow up to this game is great, though!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played the first two games, the core mechanics of this game are abysmal. Walking, interacting, and manipulating objects is just not good in this game. This is surprising since this was fine in the previous two. Also, there is a bug which causes the cursor to disappear from the screen for up to minutes at a time.... in a point and click game. This occurs every ten minutes or so. Somehow, this bug has not been patched since the release of the game. Honestly, it's not worth fighting the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i started this game with high hopes; the first two were well done, the graphics were better, and it had autosave! However, with the new controls, interface, and gameplay in general it no longer feels like a Syberia game. It is dialogue heavy with few puzzles (at least for the first 2 hours), and has a very different feel to the storyline. The setup was there for future reveals, but I was so off-put by the dizzying cinematic camera and awkward interaction controls that I'm just shelving this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although there are a lot of bugs, it is a really nice adventure, the music, story, dialogues and puzzles are in a harmonious relationship. The game is not difficult but requires dedication. Because of the bugs, I would give it a slightly lower rating, otherwise I recommend it to all fans of classic adventures on PC
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started playing this, and actually alt-tabbed to check if maybe it was a "remaster" of a 2005 game, but no, it's really supposed to be a 2017 game. It's very low production value, everything seems outdated, the controls are horrendous and the UI extremely clunky.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not many know about the syberia trilogy and that is a TRAGEDY. the aesthetic and puzzles of these games are so gorgeous... kate is kind of a lara croft type of character and i adore that about her. everyone should try out this game NOW.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is something good and something bad with this game. I loved the story and environment, the graphics, animation and Sokal's art. And the music, mostly. It's excellent. This part in the series contains actual 3D graphics, wich works quite well. But the controls and the automatic camera position is just awful. Quite often, it ruins the experience, because you just can't do the thing you are supposed to. The presentation of the youkol tribe is almost racist, and the role of the bad soldiers…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is extremely glitchy. I am having a lot of trouble advancing now after a certain point because the game keeps bugging out on me. I get so frustrated that I have to leave the game for a while before returning and yesterday it bugged out again. I have had to force quit a few times already at different points in the game. It makes for a very unpleasant experience. Syberia has been my favorite game series ever but this game is making it very difficult to continue. The story in Syberia 3…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3, developed and published by Microids, is the long-awaited continuation of Benoît Sokal’s acclaimed adventure saga, returning players to the surreal and melancholic world of clockwork automata, frozen landscapes, and fading dreams. After the cliffhanger ending of Syberia 2, Kate Walker awakens stranded in a hospital in Valsembor, a bleak, snow-covered town inhabited by the mysterious Youkol tribe. What begins as a simple act of escape quickly evolves into a spiritual and emotional…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the best way I could describe this game is "senile". the story is utter nonsense, the controls are awful, the voice acting varies from decent to "give us your best impression of text to speech". The puzzles aren't awful, but the controls make doing anything in this game an utter pain. There was a clear attempt at doing something cool, there really was, but it falls so flat on it's face. It is possibly one of the worst adventure games of all time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, a very disappointing continuation of the Syberia games... The story was great and it was awesome to have the same voice actress who played Kate in the originals. However, there is so much wrong with this game that is making it very difficult to continue; -90% of the voice acting is absolute garbage!! some of the voices even sound not human, like they used a computer to read the lines -the controls are god awful and very frustrating because it takes so many tries just to get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic third part. Downside is the inability to save the progress by hand, it's autosave in this game. Also the conversations with the characters cannot be interrupted.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is okayish, but oh my god, the controls, the voice acting and the animations are so bad, that it's just not fun all around. Ended up using a guide, because the controls were so bad, that trying out things was just a waste of time. Wanted just to be done with it. Aside from the fact that the main character is named Kate Walker there is not so much connection to the first two games, so feel free to skip this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are like me, dismissing all the negative reviews and hoping to play the game yourself for a different experience, let me save you some time and money and talk you out of it. Sadly, all the negative comments are spot‑on. I honestly cannot believe they released a game in this state. It is extremely buggy: you frequently lose your click arrow; the camera angle and perspective shifts are a huge disaster: you often find yourself completely lose track of the direction when camera angle…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m a bit disappointed... I played through the two previous *Syberia* titles. - This game is over 34GB in size, yet the controls are an absolute disaster... Honestly, with a heavy heart, I cannot recommend it. The story seems engaging—the narrative smoothly introduces us to the cultural shifts in the Yukol way of life, as well as their adaptation to climate change and political upheaval. But the controls are atrocious and completely ruin the fun... I think it would have been better to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it on PS4. I thought to play it again on PC before I get to The World Before but immediately horrified by the keyboard and mouse controls. I tried connecting an 8BitDo controller but game didn't register my inputs. But based on what I played on PS4, I wasn't totally intrigued by the story of this instalment or how it was executed. Tbh I felt the ending of Syberia 2 was fine and didn't think this was necessary. Still I'm keen to check the next one as I heard good things about it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3 got lots of bad reviews here, though the game is fine. A bit rough, it's the worst of the series. Still a decent game on sale, so it is worth it for 10$ or less. Took me 26 hours to complete every achievement for the 100%. Pros: -Story: 7/10 It is from decent to ok, the ending is rushed though. Follows some story bits from the first two games, but mostly doing its own thing. Snow ostriches are not a thing in Syberia 1 and 2, so it'd be cooler with mammoths as mounts, but these giant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the worst point and click adventure games I have played. Vast open spaces with nothing in between with a terrible camera and movement system. Controls bug out (had to use a controller to finish 2 puzzles). Ways too many cutscenes and dialogue and not nearly enough of anything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate the third game in the series THRICE as much as I hate the second one. This is the most awful fcking sh1t I've ever played in any genre.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok this game is far from polished and the control are horrible, but I personally liked the game. Moreover, play this game only if you truly like the Syberia series and/or are mature enough to understand the political and social message sent by this game, otherwise pass your way you won't miss much. If you want to survive the bug in this game, use both a mouse and a controller; the controller to move and the mouse to help with some puzzle. This game is truly different from the first 2 Syberia.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SYBERIA JUMPS THE SHARK Despite some good voice acting, and an enormous 3-D environment, this may well be the worst adventure game I've ever played. There are few good puzzles. Struggling with the interface takes their place. Just having Kate walk across a room can be a chore in some spots. She dances, she pirouettes, she goes the wrong way, you name it. Often times, you can know exactly what to do, but be unable to get the controls to actually do it. I almost got permanently stuck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is not for the game, but rather for the state it's in. As of now, my whole 80 minutes of the experience was trying to solve a bug, that didn't allow me to complete pretty much the very first action of the game - open a door. Apparently it is a very widespread bug, where the interactive "spots" simply disappear, which makes progressing impossible. After tinkering with the game for some time, reading a bunch of forums and simply restarting the game 3 times from the beginning, I gave…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →By far the weakest of the three Syberia games... The gameplay feels clunky, chaotic, and often unresponsive, leaving much to be desired, especially with the camera angles. Story-wise, it’s more of the same, it didn’t captivate me like Syberia 1 and 2 did. That said, it’s not a complete disaster, but this third game feels very mediocre compared to the other games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"You just turn the key to activate it" So why does the whole bird flip around? Not sure I'll be able to finish this, the inventory is just so unmanageable. How did this get past quality testing? EDIT: Managed to get through it. I have to say I probably spent hours twisting the inventory items. The story was good, some of the voices just felt off, like not bad actors but bad casting. Overall though the game was solid except some disappearing textures, inability to go directions, and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3. Unfortunately; unlike its two predecessors the third entry in this fantastic series is not as easy to recommend to anyone unless they are already a fan of Syberia. Released a whole 13 years after the previous entry Syberia 3 had the potential to revitalize this wonderful franchise and bring it into a modern era of gaming. Sadly that was not the case. While visually an improvement over its early 2000s predecessors Syberia 3's graphics were and are still outdated even by 2017…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice continuation of Kate Walker's adventure. I'd give this a positive over a mixed review. Sure it's 2025 now so it's an old game, but the controls weren't too clunky. Negs: Auto-save features are a curse to the modern gamer. Too long between saves. The conversations were a bit tedious at times. Do we click on the convo twice? three times? And as you'll see, one puzzle have driven a lot of people crazy. Still...worth playing if you like the story so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 3 offers stunning visuals and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, but its clunky controls, dated mechanics, and uneven pacing hinder what could have been a triumphant return for the series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →controls sucks even in PC, nice story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Midway through the game, I was already working on a review, detailing all the things that went wrong, some ridiculous, some annoying. But then I encountered a game-breaking bug. An hour of fiddling around was to no avail. Syberia 3 does not allow for manual saves, so I cannot reload an earlier milestone and would have to restart the entire thing AND hope the bug does not occur again. This is just a horrible game, full of bugs in addition to being full of itself, and it turns out I can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very beautiful and interesting, I personally loved it. The bad reviews are unbelievable for a real Syberia lover. I found the story very original and well crafted. The only problem was of course the bugs and problems, that kept occurring during the whole game. I can't believe this hasn't been fixed as it was a real hassle. Yet, I'm very happy I got to play the game and didn't listen to the bad reviews as I really liked it. I'm now ready for what is said to be a masterpiece : the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I needed at least three attempts over the (many) years to power through this insult. As a fan of the first two games, I wanted to follow through with the story, but on that later. This game is a simulator of listening to fingernails on a blackboard while being kicked in the nuts from time to time. It is a drag. Most of it comes from the interface. The devs, being French, probably thought "We are French and we must do things way differently because we are French." So they randomised camera…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I read through some of the negative comments and thought they had to be exaggerated. They are absolutely not exaggerated. This game will make you question your own sanity. 80% of scenes is absolutely nothing other than scenery. The controls is maddening, I thought at one point that "this is not so bad", and I inhaled as much copium as I possibly could.. But it just kept getting worse and worse.. and worse! Ofc I had played 1 and 2 before starting this, and the momentum I had from those two…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only half way through but let’s get this over with. With the first two fresh in my mind, it’s pretty awful to see something you’d started to love have this as the third instalment. So what's wrong with it? Nearly everything. But we can start with the obvious, the thing you have to hear all the time, and the thing easiest to fix, which is the... ...bad acting, so bad that I thought some of the minor characters were TTS. The voices in the first two really brought life to the game, but most of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly I cannot recommend this game. There is just too much wrong with this version of the series that makes playing a chore rather than an enjoyment. DON'T BUY IF YOU PLAY WITH A MOUSE.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything about this game is worse than the previous 2 games, which is pretty bad since Syberia 1 and 2 were released in the early 2000s and this game came out about 15 years later. The story is bad and Syberia 2 ended so well, so maybe it's best to pretend Syberia 3 didn't happen. We didn't play Syberia: The World Before yet, so if that is a good sequel maybe there can be some redemption. It's also better to not play this game to begin with because the controls are horrible. If puzzles…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Adventure story with original design and environment. - Possible actions, such as how to move something, are sometimes clunky or hard to understand. - Sometimes, when you move the mouse to the edge of the screen, the camera moves forward, revealing new options to choose from. - The mouse sometimes disappears, requiring multiple Alt+Tab or controller button presses to regain focus.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →— { Graphics } — • ☐ Straight out of a toaster • ☐ Meh • ☑︎ Nice to look at • ☐ Gorgeous visuals • ☐ Feels alive • ☐ You forget what reality is — { Gameplay } — • ☐ What even is gameplay? • ☑︎ Basic, but okay • ☐ Smooth and enjoyable • ☐ Keeps you hooked • ☐ Addictive • ☐ Lost track of time playing — { Audio } — • ☐ Painful to the ears • ☐ Passable • ☐ Good with headphones • ☑︎ Great soundtrack • ☐ Instant Spotify material…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My least favorite out of the Syberia series. The new game style was a step in the right direction, but the story is kind of all over the place, and the treatment of the "natives" is still just a problematic here, if not more so. Story-wise, it also holds the least importance out of the series. Honestly, I would skip it and go straight to Syberia: The World Before. It is everything this game wishes it could be.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ARE YOU SERIOUS?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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