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Game
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Virginia
Developer Variable State
Virginia is a 2016 first-person mystery adventure video game developed by Variable State and published by 505 Games. The game follows graduate FBI special agent Anne Tarver as she investigates her first case: the disappearance of a boy in rural Virginia. The game was directed by Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny, with music composed by Lyndon Holland. Burroughs, Kenny and Holland co-wrote the script. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
491 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
106 positive · 86 negative
95% range 48–62%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 3 | 1 | 261 |
| Steam reviews | 106 | 86 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 14 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
865 of 1,448 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
54% recommend · 105 yes, 88 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 193 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (2,175 of 3,391 positive).
Some players find the story profound and evocative, praising its atmosphere and music. [1][2][3] Others criticize the lack of dialogue and minimal gameplay, calling it a walking simulator. [4][5][6] Several reviewers note the game is short and experimental, with mixed opinions on its narrative coherence. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [4]
The game itself is alright, but I need to post a negative review due to the misleading description on the store page. If you think the game's going to let you do actual investigating or get involved within the town you visit, you're dead wrong. An important thing to know is that this game has no dialogues. Nothing at all, no actors. This severely limits the possibilities the narrative can offer. But the store's …
- [18]
do.not.buy.this. I never leave bad reviews but this was a complete waste of time. I LOVE these types of games. And despite the mixed reviews I figured I would give it a shot. Even lack of gameplay doesn't bother me, what bothers me is when the story is INCOMPLETE. The supposed main case is never solved, there's not a proper ending, everything makes zero sense. And I even LIKE trippy dream movies, but the plot itself …
- [1]
I first played this game as a teenager in 2018. I didn't get it. I thought it was pretentious, trying too hard to be abstract and its plot pointlessly obscure. I came back to it 8 years later to collect the achievements I was missing and fully strike it off my backlog, and I wasn't looking forward to the process. In revisiting it, though, I was left very taken aback. Behind the pretty scene design, beautiful …
- [13]
Unsure why all the negative reviews. If you can vibe with xfiles or twin peaks then this is a short film-esque little gem that's not too long, but is interesting throughout. Def worth vibing with while eating ramen with your best friend while playing - followed by a late night smoke and coffee break to discuss the plot. A lot more enjoyable than something like Life is Strange.
- [2]
Virginia is experiment in both form and storytelling. With frequent cuts and montage, the time moves in such a compelling way. The whole game is like a set of memories, anxieties, uncertainties, past, present and possible futures, like the way things unfold in our mind and dreams. Even though i can't really wrap my mind around what it all meant, I would say the game is very precise in what it wants to achieve and …
Summarised from 34 of the 342 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
Players who liked Virginia talk about beautiful graphics and soundtrack enhance the experience; those who didn't talk about no dialogue limits narrative and character development. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
On Metacritic, Virginia holds a score of 80% on Xbox One, 77% on PlayStation 4 and 74% on PC. The Daily Telegraph awarded it 5 stars, saying "It is the game that titles like Dear Esther, Gone Home and Firewatch have hinted at, but in a way that evolves the interactive narrative form way beyond anything we’ve seen before." TIME awarded it 4.5/5, saying "what gorgeous, reverberant moments there are in this game, empowered by its absent words and explanations." Game Informer awarded it a score of 9.25/10, saying "Virginia is a taut thriller that strikes a fine balance between storytelling and interactivity in a way that narrative-driven first-person adventure games have not accomplished since…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
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60 of 491 · most liked firstBill Belichick dealing with NIL. Bill Belichick at Media Days. Bill Belichick dealing with 6-7 reporters in a cramped auxiliary after a rainy-soaked game at Virginia. It’s all gonna be so glorious. I give it two years.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm trying not to be too upset about nikki giovanni. She lived a huge and impactful life, and she changed the game for all of us. 81 years is a blessing. I wish I'd gotten to meet her when we were both at Virginia Tech. I'm glad she existed at all. Goodnight Nikki Giovanni. Thank you for everything.
neutral · AI labelView post →There are three types of state exhibits: 1) Please come visit 2) A single industry sponsored this entire booth 3) Fuck this West Virginia was Type 1. They have a driving game, a bunch of nice pictures, and you can send a WV postcard anywhere for free I can't be mad at it, very wholesome. 8/10
neutral · AI labelView post →“How Cute! She still wears little girl’s panties,” Jeffrey Epstein laughed to Ghislaine Maxwell, as they stripped Jenna. In Virginia “Jenna” Roberts Giuffre’s own words: Epstein declared young girls fair game for sex as soon as they began menstruating.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW: This might be the perfect visual metaphor for the war in Iran. Courtesy of today’s Virginia Tech Spring game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The best argument re: Virginia decision I’ve heard. Also, even when Democrats win, we lose, because we haven’t been rigging the game like Republicans.
neutral · AI labelView post →Naming Florida here gives up the not evenly thinly veiled game, really. He coulda said Illinois. Massachusetts. Connecticut. Hawaii. Maryland. Virginia Nope. Went with the country’s most annoying state
neutral · AI labelView post →#VirginiaIsForVotingYes Come on‼️ Republicans redraw maps wherever they can to lock in power, and the second Virginia says “we’re not playing that game,” suddenly it’s controversial? The Human Rights Campaign sees the play here. Protecting democracy isn’t radical. Letting ONE party rig the game is
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night's referendum in Virginia could have a chilling effect on Republicans' ability to game the system to keep control of Congress.
neutral · AI labelView post →Becky Pepper-Jackson just wanted to play sports with her friends when the West Virginia government told her she couldn’t because she’s transgender. Becky knew that this was about more than a game — so she took the state to court.
neutral · AI labelView post →Democrats get a gerrymander in Virginia approved by a referendum, and it falls. Republicans in other states manage to gut the Voting Rights Act to enact partisan gerrymanders with no signoff from voters, and they stand. The game really does feel rigged, doesn't it?
neutral · AI labelView post →this is an excellent story about the trump/youngkin campaign in Virginia to remake higher ed into MAGA schools. @propublica.org details the game plan that was run at UVA and now GMU with the help of right wing extremists and right wing media. read/ share this @propublica.org piece:
neutral · AI labelView post →A skydiver carrying a U.S. flag crashed into the scoreboard at the Virginia Tech spring football game yesterday. Thankfully they were rescued safely. Kinda symbolic of this dumpster fire of an administration though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very happy to share a first picture of my photoshoot for Virginia from the video game Unicorn Overlord! 🦄 Handmade cosplay costume Photography made by my mom Photo editing by me #cosplaymaker #cosplay #unicornoverlord
neutral · AI labelView post →Democrats Continue to Play the GOP's Rigged Game Virginia Dems refuse to play hardball against Republicans willing to invalidate the will of the people. Instead, they'll appeal to an equally corrupt Supreme Court that just gutted the Voting Rights Act. thelefthook.substack.com/p/democrats-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Feds Arrest Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Fight. >Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, the Democratic leader behind the state’s redistricting effort, was arrested Thursday in connection with an alleged bribery and racketeering scheme. > >In a 45-page indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, Lucas and six co-defendants were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, conspiring to launder money, laundering money, and committing bribery by…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ready! Lady Gunner!! It's the return of my dithering brush!! (Last I used it for a PC-98 fan artwork) Today's Game Character is Virginia Maxwell the main protagonist from Wild Arms 3 for PlayStation 2 [ #QuickNerdArt #digitalart #illustration #characterdesign #anime #WildArms ]
neutral · AI labelView post →Republican 2-point win in Virginia: huge game charger, Biden is dead Democratic 15-point win in Virginia: this is excellent news for JD Vance
neutral · AI labelView post →House Republicans weren't afraid of California because we're all socialists, but when VIRGINIA started to eat their babies: Game changed.
neutral · AI labelView post →Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.
neutral · AI labelView post →ESPN has already showed one EAT SHIT PITT shirt on a West Virginia crowd shot, that number will be in the dozens by the end of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez says he's banning his players from dancing on TikTok. "How about let's win the football game and not worry about winning the TikTok?"
neutral · AI labelView post →A parachuter crashed into the scoreboard as part of the Virginia Tech pregame spring game festivities. He appears to be OK.
neutral · AI labelView post →Heard some Frogs 🐸 could use some help. Getting back in the game this October 18th in Richmond, Virginia. #NoKings 🦇
neutral · AI labelView post →In case you missed it - Wazzu @ Virginia. Wazzu signals for a fair catch, but a different player catches the ball. That puts the ball at inside the 5, which sets up the game winning safety by Virginia.
neutral · AI labelView post →West Virginia is going to lose every game 63-42 this year and I love that for me, a person who does not root for West Virginia
neutral · AI labelView post →The kick is NO GOOD! CAL UPSETS SMU! #Calgorithm After Dark! Duke (7-5) to the ACC Title Game to face Virginia! Incidentally, Cal is also now 7-5.
neutral · AI labelView post →Republicans have tried to rig the game—it's up to us to fight back. Virginia, vote YES on the redistricting amendment by April 21.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speaking of unserious, we did not play an entire season of college football for a Duke - Virginia ACC title game
neutral · AI labelView post →Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Fight Arrested. In a 45-page indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, Lucas and six co-defendants were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, conspiring to launder money, laundering money, and committing bribery by distributing large quantities of illegal marijuana under the auspices of her legal medical cannabis business. Lucas, an 82-year-old great-grandmother, has served in the Virginia Senate since 1992. She faces…
neutral · AI labelView post →"Virginia is a funny place for a high-profile Dem to be campaigning this late in the game—but maybe not for someone who travels as much as AOC does."
neutral · AI labelView post →The last Bears game Virginia McCaskey was alive for was a win over the Packers — on her birthday.
neutral · AI labelView post →Democrats did not just lose a baseball game to the Republicans, Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the will of the people of Virginia, our justice system said that Republicans can gerrymander Black representatives out of existence but Democrats need to fight with hands tied behind back.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a very real chance we get a Georgia Tech-Virginia ACC title game that decides a CFP berth this year
neutral · AI labelView post →The most cursed parlay ever - this is the “West Virginia to the Big XII championship game” parlay we discussed on today’s pod.
neutral · AI labelView post →It feels like Florida State and Virginia have already played a whole damn football game, but we’re just getting to the half.
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited for the bowl game that pits Western Michigan against Virginia Tech.
neutral · AI labelView post →On my screen it looks like a Virginia player is watching the men's game in the window above
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothing like college football in Virginia! It was an honor to do the coin toss for last night’s ODU v. Liberty football game! 🦁
neutral · AI labelView post →Virginia Tech in a tie game late...
neutral · AI labelView post →Greetings from Atlanta! Here to objectively report on tonight's game between the University of Virginia and their less-educated opponents from Georgia Tech.
neutral · AI labelView post →the last 3-0 game was actually NOT the famous 2014 0-0 Wake Forest-Virginia Tech game, which finished 6-3... it was when Wake Forest beat Boston College 3-0 the next year
neutral · AI labelView post →It rules that West Virginia has now won a 45-42 game and lost a 45-42 game
neutral · AI labelView post →LGBTQ+ rights are on the ballot in 6 states this year. Here’s what you need to know.. This November, voters in six states will decide on eight LGBTQ+-related ballot measures, including four anti-trans sports bans in Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, and Washington; two measures restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Colorado and Missouri; a measure that could out LGBTQ+ kids to their potentially unsupportive parents in Washington; and one pro-LGBTQ+ measure to remove a state…
neutral · AI labelView post →Our West Virginia rep has begged, BEGGED for this game to be moved earlier in the week.
neutral · AI labelView post →VIRGINIA goes 96 yards in about 90 seconds to TIE up the ACC championship game with 22 seconds left.
neutral · AI labelView post →this was Michael Irvin this year in a game against VIRGINIA TECH
neutral · AI labelView post →2026 Senate Elections Megathread!. Today is Tuesday, 10/20 and the general US Elections are in TWO WEEKS. As it stands right now, the current Senate composition is: 47 - Democrats 51 - Republicans 2 - Independents Looking at the numbers, we COULD see a huge shift in the Senate this year, best case scenario would be: 52 - Democrats 45 - Republicans 3 - Independents Chart Follows: | State | Current | Occupant | Status | D Cand | R Cand | Polling 10/18 | Outcome | Polling…
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks like the 2026 Brazil game is going to be NC State and Virginia.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rocking a Game of Checkers, Williamsburg, Virginia #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t mean to alarm anyone but West Virginia has 212 rushing yards in the first 26 minutes of this game
neutral · AI labelView post →Florida State and Virginia going to OT on ESPN. Ridiculous game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dear Hurricane West Virginia I thought I was familiar with your game, but this is masterful work
neutral · AI labelView post →Virginia Tech Enter Sandman night game is one of those college football bucket list things I need to do.
positive · AI labelView post →Brandon Rechsteiner (yes, Scott's son) gives Virginia Tech their first lead of the game with 26.7 secs left
neutral · AI labelView post →Boooo Virginia punting instead of going for 4th-and-1 to end the game, booo, cowardice, now I must root for Missouri to score the game winning TD
neutral · AI labelView post →Virginia Tech has three turnovers over the last 15 minutes of game time. INT Sack fumble Fumble on a handoff
neutral · AI labelView post →me before and after the West Virginia-Houston game
neutral · AI labelView post →The Virginia - Texas Tech 2019 NCAA Tournament Title Game is still the most watched basketball game in the past seven years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Welcome CFB Bluesky. Tonight, you all watched a Virginia Tech Football Game. I'm some way, you all watched every Virginia Tech Football Game. This is what it's like. Did this feel good? No? Well, I hope you enjoyed your brief stay. I live here.
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