Steam has no shortage of interesting free games for PC players to enjoy, but few can say that they’re swimming in stellar reviews. However, Everyday Devil is one game that can make such a claim, as the new release boasts an incredible 98% positive rating on Steam.
Everyday Devil is a narrative game, and while the genre may not be everyone’s cup of tea — some gamers need deep gameplay mechanics as opposed to impactful stories — 2025 proved how great the genre can be with Dispatch. Everyday Devil is a bit different from AdHoc’s Telltale-inspired superhero project, though, as it seems to merge a number of genres to tell its story. In the trailer for Everyday Devil, first-person and top-down exploration are shown in addition to one-on-one conversations and a Tamagotchi-hatching sequence with some clear Undertale vibes. The top-down segments, though much more colorful, also resemble Undertale, as do the black text boxes. That said, the animation for the dialogue scenes is more unique, with the shakey character models doing a lot to establish the unsettling vibe the game is aiming for.
Admittedly, Everyday Devil does only have 60 user reviews at the moment, going a bit under the radar when it released on January 8. As such, there’s still room for the user score to change as more players try out the game. Still, with nearly everybody who has given this Steam freebie their time celebrating the portrayal of “a random demon guy’s life,” it certainly seems as if it’s likely to maintain its impressive “mostly positive” status for the foreseeable future. As for the specific points of praise mentioned within these reviews, players dubbed the game an “extremely cute creation of love,” with the characters and story cited as major strengths of the project.
Playing Everyday Devil Costs No Money and Hardly Any Time
Not only is Everyday Devil free-to-play, but the game’s developers — alleesaur and klausthecloset — have deliberately described the title as “short” and “linear.” Specifically, it will take about an hour to roll credits on this bold piece of interactive fiction, which deliberately tells its story out of order. Everyday Devil asks players to pay attention to the “somewhat disjointed” memories they see, putting together the pieces of psychological horror into a cohesive story. While the gameplay itself consists of “a lot of walking and talking,” it’s kept fresh through regular visual changes in its levels.
Everyday Devil constantly shaking things up is reminiscent of the excellent What Remains of Edith Finch, which saw each member of Edith’s family having their story told through a different kind of gameplay. While Everyday Devil is significantly shorter than that iconic walking sim, it does seem to hit some similar notes, so it’s something worth playing for those seeking a mature story. The game promises that players will encounter “creatures to both love and hate,” and given the praise for said NPCs in the user reviews, it certainly seems like Everyday Devil lives up to that promise.
Everyday Devil does deal with some serious subject matter. Via the trigger warning on its Steam page, players should go into the game expecting the topics of abuse, alcoholism, animal harm, and violence to be tackled, with plenty of blood and gore also present.
Though the idea of a game that is simultaneously charming and full of despair may sound odd on paper, the positive reception to this free Steam game suggests that this combo can work very well if handled by the right creative team. If someone is looking for a dark and spooky cozy game that sticks with them after they’ve played it, then it seems like Everyday Devil is absolutely worth a quick playthrough.
