A few black pixels on a white background, a cross, and a fear crawling up from the 1980s.

The gut verdict is blunt: when the community picks on instinct, Faith only edges out 2% of games. And the criterion detail rescues it nowhere. Connection puts it right at the bottom, ahead of 1% of titles. Fun, ahead of 3%. Controller feel, 4%. Desert island, 10%. Its strongest lines remain its art style and its sound environment, ahead of roughly a fifth of games, which tracks: that's where this game actually does its work. All of it on few votes per criterion, so treat it as provisional, but the direction is clear.

Let's be honest about what this ranking measures. Faith is a minimalist horror game, short, deliberately barren on screen, built to install dread and then vanish. Criteria built around attachment, controller pleasure and playlist material cannot do it justice. What makes it strong, that grimy retro fright, isn't what these questions ask about.

So, who's it for? For you if you like horror that bets on imagination over budget, and the aesthetic of old screens. Much less so if you want a game you keep, replay, or hum the theme of.