Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Metacritic Score

85 on Metacritic for the PC version. But that single number hides something worth knowing: the score is not the same across platforms, and the figure you see depends on which page you land on.

The scores, by platform

That is a seven-point spread between the best and worst platform scores. It is also why you will see people quote different numbers for the same game — both "85" and "78" are accurate, they just refer to different pages.

If someone cites a Metacritic score for this game without saying which platform, treat it as incomplete information.

OpenCritic: 82, "Strong"

OpenCritic aggregates the same critic reviews with a different methodology and arrives at 82, with the "Strong" label, across 94 outlets.

The 94-outlet count matters more than the score itself. A game reviewed by 94 publications has a well-sampled critical consensus — the average is not being swung by two or three outliers. When you see aggregate scores built on a dozen reviews, the number is much softer than it looks.

Player reception on Steam

Critics and players are not always aligned. Here they broadly are:

93% positive from 2,454 Steam reviews. On Steam's scale that lands in the "Very Positive" band.

A 93% player score alongside an 82-85 critic score is a healthy pattern. The reverse — high critic scores with mediocre player sentiment — usually signals a game that reviews well on craft but frustrates in practice. That is not happening here.

Why the PS5 score is lower

We can observe the gap but not explain it from the aggregate data alone, so we will not invent a reason. What we can note is that a seven-point platform spread of this shape most often reflects technical performance differences rather than disagreement about the game's design — the same critics reviewing the same content tend to converge on design, and diverge on how it runs.

If you are choosing a platform and the score gap concerns you, the PC and Xbox Series X versions currently carry the higher marks.

How to read these numbers

A few things worth keeping in mind when a score becomes a purchase decision:

• 82-85 is a strong band, not an exceptional one. It describes a well-made game with clear strengths, not a generational landmark.
• Aggregate scores compress disagreement. A game where every outlet says 84 and a game where half say 95 and half say 73 both average out around 84.
• Length affects value perception. At about 11.5 hours for the main story and $49.99, the review scores are not answering the value question for you — only the quality one.

Where to check for yourself

Both aggregators update as more reviews land, and the figures above were captured on 2 September 2026. The Metacritic page and OpenCritic page carry the live numbers.

Quick answers

• What is the Metacritic score? 85 on PC, 84 on Xbox Series X, 78 on PS5 and as the aggregate.
• Is 85 good? It sits in the strong band — well reviewed, not a landmark.
• Do players agree with critics? Broadly yes: 93% positive across 2,454 Steam reviews.
• How many critics reviewed it? 94 outlets on OpenCritic.