OMORI
Games review
As of Aug 12, 2026, OMORI is rated 88/100 on Metacritic (7 critic reviews), and 97% positive on Steam (88,072 reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is OMORI worth it in 2026?
OMORI earns its 97% Steam rating from 88,072 players through a genuinely rare combination: a story about trauma and grief that hits hard enough to send people back years later to finish alternate routes, paired with a soundtrack and art style that reviewers consistently describe as beautiful. The structural problem, flagged by fans and detractors alike, is that this brilliant narrative is bolted onto a JRPG chassis with easy, repetitive combat and stretches of filler that actively pad the runtime, one reviewer's summary of a '6/10 JRPG carrying a 10/10 story' is blunt but accurate. The emotional content is also genuinely heavy: this is a game about depression, guilt, and psychological horror, and 'emotionally impactful' here means emotionally punishing in ways that will not suit every player.
Players who prioritize story, atmosphere, and emotional resonance over mechanical depth, can handle heavy themes around trauma and grief, and are willing to sit through slow turn-based pacing to reach a payoff that genuinely lands.
The combat is easy and repetitive enough that multiple reviewers called it padding, and the slow pacing compounds this, if you actively dislike turn-based JRPG mechanics, the story alone may not offset the slog.
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Pros
- emotionally impactful story21
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- Play it. Don't look up anything about it so you don't get spoiled. I can truthfully I have never played a game with a story this captivating ever. If you are on the fence, go for i...
- This game had me sobbing and it put me through the 7 stages of grief, would not reccommend.
- This game broke me so bad 5 years ago it took me this long to come back and replay the alternate route and get the last achievements. Beautiful game, incredible story and music.
- excellent music and soundtrack11
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- This game broke me so bad 5 years ago it took me this long to come back and replay the alternate route and get the last achievements. Beautiful game, incredible story and music.
- I love this game so much, every time I come back I keep finding something new I didn't know existed, like an area or a boss. The concept and story are well written and well present...
- OMORI is the kind of game that seems simple at first, but becomes more meaningful the further it goes. On the surface, it looks like a colorful RPG with cute characters, strange lo...
- beautiful art and visual style11
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- This game broke me so bad 5 years ago it took me this long to come back and replay the alternate route and get the last achievements. Beautiful game, incredible story and music.
- Omori has a 10/10 story, 10/10 art, 10/10 music, but then stapled to it is a 6/10 jrpg that loves wasting your time. It theoretically has an interesting combat system but the main...
- OMORI is the kind of game that seems simple at first, but becomes more meaningful the further it goes. On the surface, it looks like a colorful RPG with cute characters, strange lo...
- meaningful themes and messages8
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- OMORI is the kind of game that seems simple at first, but becomes more meaningful the further it goes. On the surface, it looks like a colorful RPG with cute characters, strange lo...
- Rarely have I felt this way about a game, This game with all purpose or intent, defeats the normal story of a happy tale where you have a reason to continue, The story itself may b...
- [h1]Interesting Story and Main Cast with [u]Well Thought Messages about Trauma[/u], with an unfortunate [u]Boring Gameplay Loop and good chunk of Uninteresting interactions and Eas...
- strong character development7
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- I love this game so much, every time I come back I keep finding something new I didn't know existed, like an area or a boss. The concept and story are well written and well present...
- OMORI is the kind of game that seems simple at first, but becomes more meaningful the further it goes. On the surface, it looks like a colorful RPG with cute characters, strange lo...
- OMG OMG I JUST FINISHED IT IT WAS SO PEAK BUT NOW IM SAD, I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH I GOT SO ATTATCHED TO THE CHARACTERS I MISS THEM ALREADY. if youre thinking about getting this PL...
- high replay value and secrets6
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- This game broke me so bad 5 years ago it took me this long to come back and replay the alternate route and get the last achievements. Beautiful game, incredible story and music.
- I love this game so much, every time I come back I keep finding something new I didn't know existed, like an area or a boss. The concept and story are well written and well present...
- omori is a game you should be playing at least twice (and personally i couldn't handle any more than that): on your first playthrough, you should be completely unaware of the plot...
Cons
- slow pacing and padding6
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- Omori has a 10/10 story, 10/10 art, 10/10 music, but then stapled to it is a 6/10 jrpg that loves wasting your time. It theoretically has an interesting combat system but the main...
- [h1]Interesting Story and Main Cast with [u]Well Thought Messages about Trauma[/u], with an unfortunate [u]Boring Gameplay Loop and good chunk of Uninteresting interactions and Eas...
- I went into OMORI with high expectations because I had heard almost nothing but praise for it. Unfortunately, I ended up feeling rather disappointed. The game has some serious paci...
- repetitive and easy combat5
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- Omori has a 10/10 story, 10/10 art, 10/10 music, but then stapled to it is a 6/10 jrpg that loves wasting your time. It theoretically has an interesting combat system but the main...
- [h1]Interesting Story and Main Cast with [u]Well Thought Messages about Trauma[/u], with an unfortunate [u]Boring Gameplay Loop and good chunk of Uninteresting interactions and Eas...
- I went into OMORI with high expectations because I had heard almost nothing but praise for it. Unfortunately, I ended up feeling rather disappointed. The game has some serious paci...
- pointless interactions and segments3
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- [h1]Interesting Story and Main Cast with [u]Well Thought Messages about Trauma[/u], with an unfortunate [u]Boring Gameplay Loop and good chunk of Uninteresting interactions and Eas...
- An emotional story game about reminiscing childhood and gripping themes like depression, trauma and growth. It is quite long but it gives time to slowly reveal the story, get curio...
- i really likre its peak. i hate all the charaters exepct kel. i made the dumb mistake and changed fricking sunnys name to Name. i dont liie how your able to change his name because...
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