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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
Developer Ackk Studios
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is a role-playing video game created by American indie developer Ackk Studios. The player controls a recent college graduate investigating the disappearance of a woman in his hometown in 1999. Accompanied by a group of friends, the player explores dungeons, solves puzzles, and encounters surreal enemies across alternate dimensions. Combat is turn-based and incorporates timed minigames for both… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
286 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
155 positive · 35 negative
95% range 75–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 155 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 25 | 14 | 53 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
948 of 1,210 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 154 yes, 31 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 185 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,013 of 1,287 positive).
Many players urge ignoring past negative discourse and approaching the game with an open mind. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the game life-changing or deeply impactful after the I.V. update. [4][5][6] A minority of players still consider the game flawed or unenjoyable despite changes. [7][8][9]
Liked
- The I.V. update significantly improves combat, visuals, and story. [10][11]
- The game is a unique, artistic experience with deep narrative layers. [5][12][13]
- The music and visual direction are praised as standout elements. [14][11]
- Some players find the game genuinely life-changing or impactful. [4][6]
Representative posts
- [7]
I need you to listen to me. I have over 100 hours in this game. I have given it every chance possible. I have given it more chances than it ever deserved. This game is dogwater. Do not listen to the people who are saying the game is better now after the IV update. It isn't. If you hated the game at launch, you will still hate it. If you are like me you will hate it even more. The update did not meaningfully improve …
- [1]
do not listen to the years of unproductive discourse surrounding this game. do not listen to all of the misinformation that has been spread about its creators, characters and story. do not try to judge this game on a surface level analysis of its themes and characters without even having played it. even if you know any number of these things, forget about them. forget about this game's significance to gaming …
- [5]
Floored. Absolutely floored. This game is genuinely a piece of art. Had me charmed at the beginning, hooked two chapters in, and just wouldn't let go until I finished the entire thing. It's the kind of game where once you reach the end, you sit back in your chair, silent, staring into nothing, until you finally mutter "...wow". The game tricks you with a seemingly pretentious main character and his eh-to-iffy squad, …
- [3]
SAVE ONISM MAN KILL ONISM MAN Most likely one of the most misrepresented and unfairly judged games of all time. If you were like me and disregarded this game as pretentious garbage back when the 2019 youtube review hatetrain was in full swing, give YIIK I.V. a fair chance. Look beyond the surface level and engage with the work on its own terms. Just trust me on this.
- [2]
one of the craziest glowups for a game i've ever seen, genuinely. if you have any preconceived negative biases for whatever reason, put them aside. lots of people look at things at a surface level and just take it as pretentious garbage or a weird drug trip courtesy of wacky developers or trying to express the exact opposite of its actual theming. but if you go into the game with an open mind and a willingness to …
Summarised from 34 of the 271 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
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG sits at 82% positive across 190 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG received "mixed or average reviews" on all versions according to review aggregator Metacritic. Reviewers had mixed reactions to the game's combat; while the presentation and variety of the attacks was commended, the steep learning curve for timing the attacks, clunky input response and lack of power balance were said to result in slow-paced battles. Derek Heemsbergen of RPGFan found the controls to be universally "slippery". Jason Faulkner of GameRevolution appreciated the absence of random encounters, which allows the player to choose when to engage in combat. Reactions to the leveling system were generally lukewarm; reviewers summarized the system as initially…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 286 · most liked firstDeveloped a roster for a new poker night-esque game, featuring characters from game, film, and animation! #yiik #monkeywrench #cuphead #antonblast #killerbean #pokernight
neutral · AI labelView post →Just for watching the trailer of the new version, YouTube is trying to serve me all the multi-hour roast videos of YIIK. 'Developer Drama' videos about it. Rumours surrounding it... I'm starting to think that the reaction to that game wasn't entirely healthy. No tiny indie project deserves that.
positive · AI labelView post →I need you to listen to me. I have over 100 hours in this game. I have given it every chance possible. I have given it more chances than it ever deserved. This game is dogwater. Do not listen to the people who are saying the game is better now after the IV update. It isn't. If you hated the game at launch, you will still hate it. If you are like me you will hate it even more. The update did not meaningfully improve anything that lead to the core complaints about the games pacing,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think the silliest pieces of lore about me is that I wrote some lines in YIIK: A Postmodern RPG and the creator of dat game paid for like six months of my HRT at one point
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight at 8:00PM EST our stream is YIIK with the actual developers of the game joining me. We did it everyone. We finally got our Dreamworks dance party ending with this game. You wont want to miss this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Congrats on YIIK I.V. for winning Game of the Year!
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for going on this journey with me, as we YIIKed out. YIIK was a fascinating game, and I think if you like weird independent art projects you should play it.
positive · AI labelView post →Toby's song "Into the Mind", originally made for YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, also appears in the crossover fighting game "Cross Impact", meaning Toby's music has appeared with well known indie characters like V1 from Ultrakill, Jacket from Hotline Miami, and Jumbo Josh.
neutral · AI labelView post →people interested in the Age of Scorpius book internet drama should look into the Yiik video game internet drama. you've heard of "the mythical sword of immortality cursed anyone it touched with immortality", now get ready for "the elevator began to shake, vibrating with motion"
neutral · AI labelView post →Discourse be damned, I've got to find more time to play the YIIK re-release. On the surface, a quixotic but laudable project to completely rebuild a pilloried game. They dropped a trailer the other day (not the one below), showing their hand - it's also a sequel to itself. NG+ mode is a new story.
positive · AI labelView post →NGL I do kinda find it funny how instead of this game being called Y2K (WHY-TWO-KAY), it's been referred to as Yiik and people call the Protag "Alex Yiik"
neutral · AI labelView post →It's still popular to dunk on the devs and the game, but I'll say it again - I have HUGE respect for the developers of YIIK. That game was pilloried at launch. And for years after. It became a Cool Thing to do hours-long takedowns of it on YouTube. So they remade it. And released a sequel. Free.
positive · AI labelView post →Hot cheese... on a Big Mac? - DON'T TOUCH IT IT'S HOT Estimated 1300 calories (as one of the only people on Earth who have played YIIK front to back, I will defend that game until I die; it's ass but it's AMBITIOUS ass and I enjoyed it even after the plot started running away from itself)
neutral · AI labelView post →do not listen to the years of unproductive discourse surrounding this game. do not listen to all of the misinformation that has been spread about its creators, characters and story. do not try to judge this game on a surface level analysis of its themes and characters without even having played it. even if you know any number of these things, forget about them. forget about this game's significance to gaming discourse, internet drama and meme culture and simply try to take it in for yourself.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You mother fuckers are NOT going to revisionist history YIIK as a "good game, actually" after ALL of the shitting on it LITERALLY EVERYONE EVER has done AND STILL DOES, that's CRAZY.
negative · AI labelView post →I do think this has to come with the caveat of knowing who your target audience is, because especially in the case where you’re projected as the protagonist in a game, you may alienate them, completely warranted or not i.e. Spec Ops: The Line, YIIK, SH: Short Message, Bloober Blair Witch, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tip: Don't look directly at The Camera I have been replaying YIIK: A Postmodern RPG. Always liked the game, but I love how the devs overhauled it with I.V. The Camera is my new favourite character. :) #YIIK #YIIKIV #art #fanart
positive · AI labelView post →I love YIIK like an abusive relationship. It is flawed in no way I.V could have changed without a fundemenral change to the characters, writing and story. The gameplay is genuinely really enjoyable and unique, but there is nothing about this game that would make me reccommend it to anybody who is interested in playing a good JPRG. I played YIIK without a cynical bone in my body, and every moment that I desperatley wanted to be emotionally impactful destroyed all faith in the developers decision…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIK is an incompetently-made indie JRPG which has been modified into some weird, bloated, unenjoyable monstrosity that, perhaps unsurprisingly, is even worse as a result. It's kind of unique in that most people who criticize or praise the game have not only not played the game, but have experienced it exclusively through a subset of the gameplay posted on Youtube. I have now played this game not once, but twice; the original version warts and all and the final version that was just published…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game JUMPSCARED me!! #YIIK @e3kay.bsky.social @deltamudkip.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →one of the craziest glowups for a game i've ever seen, genuinely. if you have any preconceived negative biases for whatever reason, put them aside. lots of people look at things at a surface level and just take it as pretentious garbage or a weird drug trip courtesy of wacky developers or trying to express the exact opposite of its actual theming. but if you go into the game with an open mind and a willingness to try and dissect the meaning of things or the validity of what's being offered to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You guys did it. We're locked in for month 2 of partner plus push. That means today we start YIIK. DISCLAIMER. WE ARE GIVING IT A FAIR SHOT. THE FAIREST WE CAN GIVE. For as long as we can. It's an endurance game to be honest. Live now with YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG! www.twitch.tv/veggiebltail
neutral · AI labelView post →Still seething I wasted so much time on this game thinking it was gonna get better and it ended up being even more Hitler than I previously thought
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the biggest waste of time and will actively disappoint you and make you feel dumber the longer you play. If you're thinking of playing it you should
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YiiK is not a game. It is an experience and not a good one. YiiK’s 1.5 patch was something I was greatly looking forward to as a chance for the devs to address the criticism they recived and deliever on an idea that had both artistic merit as well as well as enjoyment for players. Instead what I get I a cynical jaded piece of media bemoaning the fact that the internet couldn’t understand the writer’s “genius”. Let’s start witht he actual positives. The new cutscene cinematography is actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game's a window to another universe's Evangelion, where it was made by Atlus, directed by Suda51 and its OST made by a bad ending version of Dingaling. It's PIIK.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →noticing how many negative reviews are left by people with playtimes that clearly show they didn't finish the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8h into YIIK now, it may be the only modern indie game made by a Westerner that can claim true kusoge status
neutral · AI labelView post →Be me. Do a panel on the lore of the hit video game Peggle dressed as Alex YIIK 📷: @monoliththemaney.bsky.social 🐐 in the audience: @snagglepussy.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Yiik has been a guilty little pleasure of mine for a while now, something I've looked on and laughed about, something that brought me much joy in how bad it was. When I heard they were reworking the game AGAIN I knew that I had to give it a go. the initial trailers for the new update also intrigued me. were they remaking the story? so when the update dropped, I bought the game immediately. and then didn't play it for 6 months I didn't play this game until finally I decided I must see what it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot stress enough how no matter how much is added to this game the foundation will always be terrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wait, what do you mean the shitty ass YIIK game is pronounced “why two Kay” instead of “YEEK” What the fuck
neutral · AI labelView post →this game is like the complete inverse of YIIK
neutral · AI labelView post →the game isn't that good imo like a 4.5 the story is baffling and the gameplay slogs a little by the end way better with the update but still ehhh
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea how I can even talk about Yiik. It has been a wild game and I've loved it so far but I really can't recommend it to anyone
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow this is just like the hit indie jrpg game Yiik a postmod-
neutral · AI labelView post →THIS GAME IS GIRL YIIK
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is dogwater do not play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my stupid chud son has ruined my honorable legacy and i am now destined to toil in the mind dungeon for all eternity... now i will be avenged by my photographer chud nephew!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIK: I.V might be one of my favorite games, and if not one of my favorite games, it's definitely one of the most impactful games I've experienced. I think I had a similar experience as most people with Yiik, where the game was laughed at and ridiculed relentlessly online on it's initial launch, so much so that it wasn't really a game, but more just a meme to laugh at. But I saw my friend streaming the I.V. update and hopped in, and was instantly asking questions, keeping track of what's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game so much that I: bought it twice (I never buy a game twice) got the T-Shirt (I never get the T-Shirt) It's a really just that good of a game. At least check out the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863840/YIIK_Nameless_Psychosis/] freedemo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIK is genuinely a top 10 game for me so I'm gonna be there
positive · AI labelView post →The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Reviews! (skip to The Ugly if you don't want to read) The Good the artstyle is unique and actually refreshing it's a little ugly and choppy like my old ps1 but different enough to be its own thing which is admirable. The pacing is pretty good for what I've played. The nostalgia is well represented here, it touches the late 90s early 2000s…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIK: A Life Changing RPG On June 7th at 12:09 PM I was reminded of this games existence on Spotify, because the OST for the game had been recommended to me. I'll be honest and say that I wasn't impressed by what I had heard except for two songs. Into The Mind and I Don't Know (what I'm doing with my life) were the two songs in particular that caught my attention. I kept listening to them on repeat to the point that I actually wanted to give the game a chance. I'm sure you all know how much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIKcord Halloween Collab submission ft. my fav scene from the game #YIIK
neutral · AI labelView post →ALSO. HONEST OPINION. THE OPINIONS OF YIIK: A POSTMODERN RPG EXPRESSED IN REVIEWS AND ON RESETERA WERE SO DEEPLY COUNTER TO THE THEMES OF THE GAME THAT ITS LIKE THESE GUYS JUST COULDN'T READ??????
positive · AI labelView post →alex yiik makes me wanna KILL myself!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually life changing I'm so serious right now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Floored. Absolutely floored. This game is genuinely a piece of art. Had me charmed at the beginning, hooked two chapters in, and just wouldn't let go until I finished the entire thing. It's the kind of game where once you reach the end, you sit back in your chair, silent, staring into nothing, until you finally mutter "...wow". The game tricks you with a seemingly pretentious main character and his eh-to-iffy squad, and then keeps peeling back the layers more and more and more, until it is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's PIIK. Now that that joke is out of the way prepare for this review to be a long one. Let's start with the big elephant in the room. So this game has been slandered for years, some criticism for good reason (original battle system had problems and that one plot point referencing a very messed up irl thing), others extremely hyperbolic (if you think it ever was close to "Worst Game Ever" you probably haven't played many games). However, the most controversial thing about it was the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The indie scene needs another game like YIIK, one where it caused a chain reaction of video essays from the complex opinions it invokes.
positive · AI labelView post →There's so many conflictions on what this game attempts to be, but I'll sum it up for you; a lame acid trip with some poorly executed ideas. I understand RPG games tend to have cutscenes but the fact you can't go roughly 5 minutes without one is painful. If I truly wanted a headache I would've slammed my head into the pavement. After making multiple different saves to get through all the elements of the game, beating the game, grinding and making sure I get every single last thing... This game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Drew this in 2022 and it still holds up. One of my favourite pieces I’ve made for this game. I love this game. #yiik
positive · AI labelView post →SAVE ONISM MAN KILL ONISM MAN Most likely one of the most misrepresented and unfairly judged games of all time. If you were like me and disregarded this game as pretentious garbage back when the 2019 youtube review hatetrain was in full swing, give YIIK I.V. a fair chance. Look beyond the surface level and engage with the work on its own terms. Just trust me on this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hope this game gets one yiilion dollars
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I AM YIIKING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you yiik
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YIIK I.V. is such a one of a kind game. It captures what it's going for so perfectly. Especially with the new combat, visuals and story that completely overhaul the experience for the better. Every aspect of it oozes so much love and passion from its creators. It hooks you and never lets go of you. It's a game that you will not stop thinking about every now and then for the rest of your life. Its commentary on how self-perception and self-deprecation can warp our minds is something that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TIL the maligned game YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG has shooters
neutral · AI labelView post →Peak fiction, but only if you're willing to engage with the narrative. You'll never experience anything like YIIK I.V, you'll find that engaging with it's narrative is one of the most fun parts about the experience. Try it, you might like it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is from someone who hadn't been there for YIIK's launch, and frankly never heard of it. I started playing this January and WOW. This game has been an absolute delight gameplay, story, character, artstyle, basically everything wise. I can't say it's EVERYONE'S cup of tea, but I think it's amazing. It feels like an important art piece to an extent. Everywhere you look you can see how much hard work was put into all of the models and just... everything. The fact they went back to add so many…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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