Underplayed Gems

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut (2013)

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut cover
Developer
Rising Star Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure
Rating
3.3 of 5, 4,741 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 7.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

More by Access Games

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A deliberately awkward, slow-burn investigation that mixes eerie tension with offbeat humor and a strangely endearing jankiness.

atmosphericsurrealjankydarkly funnyslow-pacedmysteriouscult classictense

What players say

Players adore the weird Twin Peaks-inspired story and characters, calling it a deeply soulful cult game. But nearly everyone warns the PC port is broken: constant crashes, a single save slot, and bugs that can erase progress make it almost unplayable without community fixes.

Screenshots

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 1Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 2Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 3Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 4Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 5Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut screenshot 6

More games like this

More by Access Games

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.