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Sally Face - Episode One

Sally Face - Episode One

Portable Moose · released Dec 13, 2016

AdventureIndie

An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.

90
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Testing 1.5.44” (1y ago)

88%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
98%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 331 sampled Steam reviews (323 positive / 8 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Story & writing27% mention it
  • Visuals & art7% mention it
  • Music & audio6% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Story & writing38% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

95%

101 reviews

5-15h

99%

170 reviews

15-40h

98%

48 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews97%931000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)98%933000
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 92.9, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 29,081 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 11, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 7091 total reviews in window · weighted 225 up / 5.6 down · computed 9h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. 1.5.53 Update
    Aug 26, 2026
  2. 1.5.52 Hotfix
    Aug 21, 2026
  3. 1.5.51 Hotfix
    Aug 19, 2026
  4. Update 1.5.46
    Oct 8, 2025
  5. Update 1.5.45
    Oct 7, 2025
  6. Testing 1.5.45
    Sep 23, 2025
  7. Version 1.5.44
    Jun 19, 2025
  8. Testing 1.5.44
    Jun 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Version 1.5.43
    Jun 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Testing Patch 1.5.43
    Apr 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. New Sally Face Update!
    Jan 11, 2021significant · resets scoring window