Syberia
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Syberia: The World Before
Developer Microids Studio Paris
Syberia: The World Before is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Microids and the fourth installment in the Syberia series. The game is dedicated to the memory of creator Benoît Sokal, who died during development in 2021. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
328 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
148 positive · 36 negative
95% range 74–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 148 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 34 | 1 | 63 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,405 of 1,628 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
81% recommend · 151 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 187 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,535 of 5,070 positive).
Players praise the game's emotional story and beautiful visuals. [1][2][3] Some find the puzzles too easy and the controls clunky. [4][5][6] A few reviewers criticize the story as boring or the game as buggy. [7][8]
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Representative posts
- [7]
A tedious, trying experience. As one should expect, Syberia: The World Before is more story-driven and less focused on puzzles and gameplay. That in itself is fine. However, the story itself is agonizingly boring. I didn’t care *at all* about the characters, especially Dana Roze and Leon Whatshisface, so any time the scene switched to them I audibly groaned. Their “love in a time of war” story felt like elevated …
- [1]
I'm so glad I took a chance on this game. It's a beautiful work of art. Syberia - The World Before shares some similarities in gameplay to the Life is Strange series, but with older characters, a wartime theme, and some puzzles. I did have to look up a few solutions online, but overall, the game holds your hand and guides you almost every step of the way. I laughed, I cried, and I was honestly surprised by some of …
- [2]
One of the best games I've ever played. What a story, drama, characters, atmosphere, puzzles! No words needed. Thank you, Benoit Sokal.
- [3]
What a wonderful game. I enjoyed every minute spent with Syberia - The World Before. The story had me hooked right from the beginning until the very last minute... and yes, I mean the very last minute. It's just such a well written game. A fine addition to the lovely Syberia franchise! And not only this, but the graphics are phenomenal. This is definitely one of the most breathtaking, picturesque games I've ever …
- [4]
I'll start by saying that I've never played a Syberia game other than this one, and in general, I've played very few games of this genre. I found the game really good: the characters, the music, and the story—everything was well done, in my humble opinion. Perhaps I found fewer and easier puzzles than I expected, but I can't give a concrete opinion since I don't have any comparisons with other games like this. I …
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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
81% of the 187 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Syberia: The World Before. The complaint that keeps coming up: puzzles are too easy. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Syberia: The World Before received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 328 · most liked firstSteam Deck / Gaming News #4. # *First Things' First:* Maybe you're used to all of this now, but my attempt is to share an older style of gaming news post. Something maybe a lil bit like the old gaming blogs / news sites that the internet used to have. Casual, opinion-based, image-heavy and maybe-filled-with-things-you-already-spotted. This week's edition is *far* less themed (you'll notice the last few have been a bit Steam Deck-oriented) than those before. This one is *purely* interesting…
neutral · AI labelView post →Steam Deck / Gaming News #4. # *First Things' First:* Maybe you're used to all of this now, but my attempt is to share an older style of gaming news post. Something maybe a lil bit like the old gaming blogs / news sites that the internet used to have. Casual, opinion-based, image-heavy and maybe-filled-with-things-you-already-spotted. This week's edition is *far* less themed (you'll notice the last few have been a bit Steam Deck-oriented) than those before. This one is *purely* interesting…
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neutral · AI labelView post →Syberia - Remastered coming to Steam in 2025.
neutral · AI labelView post →After a more than 20 year franchise history, the Devs decided to turn Kate into a cringe Lesbian. If this was the first game in a series, a Lesbian character would be incidental to a good game. But the fact that the main character went from a married straight woman to a butch Lesbian is nothing but a forced political agenda that detracts from the game. Refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They're remastering the first Syberia game and I feel so happy about it! Kate Walker, my love, I'll see you again 😍
positive · AI labelView post →I'm currently playing Syberia (2002) for the first time. I never played it when it was new because I didn't like the demo. But people kept praising it over the years so I decided to give it a try. I still have the same complaints I had back then but the story is nice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking for retro adventure games. i recently played Syberia, Resonance, The Samaritan Paradox and Lamplight City. I'm looking for games along the same direction: 90s/2000s style adventure games. It could be really old games or also retro ones that have been released recently. Do you have any recommendations on games you particularly enjoyed? Any information on Linux compatibility would be a plus. But these days almost everything works anyway, so it's not a big deal.
neutral · AI labelView post →We didn’t expect to see our little game nestled between titles like Syberia or Call of Duty on #IGN YouTube channel GameTrailers. But there it is. No publisher. A tiny team. But a lot of caffeine and kindness-fueled hard work. ☕💻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V04z... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Small break with the Sims 4 to play L'Amerzone, a remake of an old game I played when I was little 🤍 It was made by Benoit Sokal, who also made Syberia, one of my favorite game ever
positive · AI labelView post →I'm so glad I took a chance on this game. It's a beautiful work of art. Syberia - The World Before shares some similarities in gameplay to the Life is Strange series, but with older characters, a wartime theme, and some puzzles. I did have to look up a few solutions online, but overall, the game holds your hand and guides you almost every step of the way. I laughed, I cried, and I was honestly surprised by some of the plot developments. I definitely recommend it, especially to older gamers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Past and present answer one another. Though far apart in time, they can still hold hands.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually my first walking simulator - The Town of Light (2016) review. "It wasn't fear anymore, it was madness. And when you're mad, you cease to exist." The Last of Us, Limbo, Inside, Bioshock: take all these games with amazing stories and you'll find that video game storytelling works hand in hand with superb gameplay design. From Inside's simple 2D platforming forcing you to act like a puppet to Bioshock's main power-up gameplay system showing you memories of residents of Rapture, all of…
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neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why they dragged this title into the Syberia series. The whole thing could have been a separate game, you could remove Kate and not much would change. It doesn't feel like a continuation of the previous games. I just couldn't get through the prologue, my disappointment was rising with each sentence. Instead of playing it myself, I watched the story on yt, and it doesn't feel like Syberia. Kate feels like a secondary character who acts out of character, and Oscar was reduced to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What does Richard Hoover of AGH think about the Syberia – Remaster? Check the review: adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5513/... @microidsoff.bsky.social #adventuregame #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is everything we have been able to glean on the Syberia remake: adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement...
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neutral · AI labelView post →A tedious, trying experience. As one should expect, Syberia: The World Before is more story-driven and less focused on puzzles and gameplay. That in itself is fine. However, the story itself is agonizingly boring. I didn’t care *at all* about the characters, especially Dana Roze and Leon Whatshisface, so any time the scene switched to them I audibly groaned. Their “love in a time of war” story felt like elevated fan-fiction, bordering on a Mary-Sue. “Oooh Dana is so perfect, and the handsome…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello. My friend and I play the same game on 2 separate PCs (we live in different parts of the US) and we've run into 2 game killing bugs. Both are where Kate has to repair the mechanisms. the first is the slider puzzle. On my PC the sliders are out of order so the slider in column 2 from the left cannot be moved. On his PC, all is well. This killed my progress. The second is the left side cylinder rotating puzzle. On his PC there is no hole where there should be a hole in the 3rd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll start by saying that I've never played a Syberia game other than this one, and in general, I've played very few games of this genre. I found the game really good: the characters, the music, and the story—everything was well done, in my humble opinion. Perhaps I found fewer and easier puzzles than I expected, but I can't give a concrete opinion since I don't have any comparisons with other games like this. I definitely recommend it, and I can't wait to play the remastered version of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They've once again missed the point of the game. The magic of Syberia is in its environment design where objects of interest naturally stand out against the background, so each interaction is deliberate and originates from player curiosity. In this one there is barely any visual indication for interactable objects, instead it relies on these UI circles that appear when your mouse comes within range. This stems from the "Unreal Engine"-style art direction. Although the environments are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is actually more a movie (80% of time) than a game (20% of time). Nonetheless, this game is the final Syberia by Benoît Sokal and has an extremely rich story, a true legacy he left behind. RIP Mr. Sokal! Like stated, it is mainly a movie with few interaction and the puzzle are few.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games I've ever played. What a story, drama, characters, atmosphere, puzzles! No words needed. Thank you, Benoit Sokal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of my all-time favorite video game franchises: Fable Dragon age Persona Final fantasy Dragon quest Mass effect Resident Evil The Sims Syberia Crusaders kings Pokémon Silent Hill BioShock Assassins creed Bards Tale Civilization Devil May Cry Luigi’s mansion Warioware NieR Dead or Alive Yakuza
neutral · AI labelView post →Feeling a bit weird today, but hey, I learnt that they're remastering the first Syberia game! 🤩
positive · AI labelView post →Syberia (2021, Switch) Rating: 7/10 Fairly good writing, especially the diary early in the game, and a mysterious story that gets more involving as it moves along. Love the aesthetic of the world. Puzzles aren’t too hard, but I did get stuck a few times not being able to see tiny details. Enjoyed!
positive · AI labelView post →I'm late w this trend but still :P I LOVED this game #Syberia #comic
positive · AI labelView post →Pretty sure I read somewhere that this started out as an adventure game (Syberia style), you can definitely see those roots in some of the camera angles.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now this is lesbian anti-fascism and something else. How could someone invent this ... brownish substance instead of a story?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know I've said it a few times in the past, but Syberia is my personal favorite adventure game of all time. I hope the remake is good 😭.
positive · AI labelView post →A waste of time and money for the following reasons: 1. Story: Totally diverted from the infamous Syberia 1 and 2 astonishing events and fed up with promoting certain agendas. 2. Gameplay: Lengthy cut-scenes without skipping and dull puzzles without any real challenge. 3. Dynamics: Ugh... Basically, it's a total burnout of once a wonderful childhood game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now this is a proper point and click! (unlike the 3rd game) Such a nice story, and fun puzzles. Before playing it I thought it has some sort of time travel, but no. Past events are told in stories or letters. The location is amazing with lots of automatons and great music. Pros: -Story and puzzles: quite good. Had fun with most of the puzzles and the story had some surprises. 9/10. -Music and sounds: these are good, sometimes even great, so 8,5/10. -Voice acting: the beginning is a bit rough,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syberia 4 is a beautifully magical adventure! The original two Syberia games are recognized classics in the genre and The World Before is a true successor! Even on its own, this very solid game is quite decent. Disregard the cash grab failure that was Syberia 3 that meant little for the story (watch a recap), Syberia 4 starts at a good point that does not require much previous knowledge. The game could possibly be played as a standalone for new entrants to the franchise. The animations and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Wolf Among Us, and I imagine other Telltale games (but that’s the only one I played so far). It felt a lot like Life is Strange in gameplay and storytelling, even though it’s also a lot different. In a similar vein, point and click adventure games like The Whispered World, The Book of Unwritten Tales, or Syberia. The modern ones usually don’t have a failure state (as opposed to the infamous Sierra games), but unlike LiS you may get stuck on a puzzle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Syberia - Remastered - Reveal Teaser | PS5 Games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh my god. I played those when they came out, except the newest one. They were good for its time for the people who loved Myst games and then sought any adventure games that remotely resembled point-and-click adventures. We played really cool but definite imitators like Schism Mysterious Journey, The Longest Journey, Atlantis games, and The Journeyman Project. Then came a developer called Microids with another pre-rendered point and click: "Amerzone", everyone played that. Once we got used…
neutral · AI labelView post →Played the entire series together with my wife over the past two years. The first two Syberia were just as great as I remembered it from my childhood. Syberia 3 was a really bad game due to its camera and controls, while the story was still good and the music was just as good as always in these games. The World Before feels like playing 3, but improved in every way possible. It's still 3D and still has a bad camera, but it's acceptable. The same is true about the controls. The graphics and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is Syberia: the World Before btw. Quite nostalgic to see all the characters.
neutral · AI labelView 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 →The game asks little of its players, only time and willingness to go with the flow. Even the story's backdrop, a close parallel to Nazi persecution of the Jews, yields limited violence on screen. The puzzles were not challenging. The side objectives asked little more than thorough exploration. Cate's journey to locate the mysterious woman in the painting had very little highs and lows from start to finish. For the right player, this will be a cozy, breezy experience full of beautiful…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started a game: Syberia: The World Before. What a gorgeous looking game. Already having a blast with it.
positive · AI labelView post →The locations look nice and pretty, and the presence of automatons here and there is a welcome reminder of the previous games. But this doesn't quite feel like a Syberia game. It's a pointless story full of forced personal drama with cheap emotional moments, war drama, resistance fighters, and a weird made-up nation, oppressed by a made-up fascist regime - there's really nothing intriguing or unique to hang on to. Character models and animations are too low-budget and janky, and yet they are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished Syberia 1 and its remake in parallel. Still a great game. I’m now moving on to Syberia 2, while also trying to find the time to continue Baldur’s Gate 2 and Icewind Dale.
positive · AI labelView post →I dont play a lot of games these days, but Syberia: The World Before has been incredible so far. Stunning art, sound design, tactility, and a great story. A game where ‘appreciate quiet beauty’ seems to be a design focus
positive · AI labelView post →It's time for some narrative adventure on this week's episode of #RandomEncounter! Our panelists explore mystery deductive game The Seance of Blake Manor and revived cult classic Syberia - Remastered. Listen to this podcast below 🎧 Listen: www.rpgfan.com/2025/11/17/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 23rd birthday to Syberia, the 2002 Adventure Game of the Year developed by Benoît Sokal and the team at @microidsoff.bsky.social! To celebrate the occasion, we've just added the PC GOTY edition to our archive! archive.hitsave.org/ark:/78322/6...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't like walking simulators or media (this is not a game) that vastly departs from prior entries in the series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact that we’re going to have a Syberia remaster is a fact that makes me want to cry of happiness I love that game so much, it’s litteraly my favorite game ever (Remaster vs original)
positive · AI labelView post →Syberia - Remastered coming to Steam in 2025. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44300627
neutral · AI labelView post →The Syberia games are quite good. I'm just surprised I've never heard of this before.
positive · AI labelView post →Videogames (Syberia, 2002)
neutral · AI labelView post →My Game of the Year is Syberia, from 2002 and Primordia, from 2016. Do as you like, leave this thinking behind and become ungovernable
positive · AI labelView post →Made a start on Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy and already i can see every bit of charm that a game from the late Benoît Sokal always has. Love the Syberia Easter Egg too when using the phone in the lighthouse.
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, at times it was corny, some plot twists were nonsensical and on the nose. The puzzles were mostly made for children. Some of the characters (although, not many) were irritating and two dimensional (I especially hated Katyusha). However: It's the first game in the series since the original Syberia that made me feel... Something. It made me feel engrossed in its world, it made me feel for Dana Roze. It felt... Personal. Emotional. Nostalgic even. In a way, I felt as a little kid again,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished "Syberia: The World Before". What an emotional roller-coaster of a game. Great puzzles, soundtrack, and a very solid ending. The game is indeed an excellent tribute to Benoît's Sokal legacy, and I would totally recommend giving it a try if you are an adventure games fan!
positive · AI labelView post →I treated Myself with Steam Goodies: Scorn - horror. I know WHAT the game is, so I'm very prepared; Control Ultimate edition since I only have standard from Epic library giveaway; Syberia the World Before (childhood favorite game). Nice to see a new part; New Super lucky's tale - platformer!
positive · AI labelView post →An excellent sequel to the previous games in the series. The parallel timelines are beautifully excecuted and the story is very well written, although a bit predictable at times. The atmosphere and the slow pace are problably my favourite parts of the game. Some of the puzzles are a bit too easy for my taste though. I would have preferred a few more tricky ones.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not Recommended I finished Syberia: The World Before. I wish I hadn’t. This is one of the most frustrating and poorly designed adventure games I’ve ever played — not because it’s hard, but because it consistently disrespects the player’s time, logic, and intelligence. Yes, the game looks pretty. The environments are detailed and expensive-looking. That’s about the only consistently positive thing I can say. Everything else suffers from a lack of professional design discipline. Core…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a wonderful game. I enjoyed every minute spent with Syberia - The World Before. The story had me hooked right from the beginning until the very last minute... and yes, I mean the very last minute. It's just such a well written game. A fine addition to the lovely Syberia franchise! And not only this, but the graphics are phenomenal. This is definitely one of the most breathtaking, picturesque games I've ever played. There were numerous moments when I just had to stop and take in the scenery…
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