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Thank Goodness You're Here

Thank Goodness You're Here

Released: 8/1/2024

After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of a bizarre Northern English town, a traveling salesman takes the time to explore and meet the locals, who are all very eager to give him a series of increasingly odd jobs… “Thank Goodness You’re Here!” is a comedy slapformer, which unfolds over time as the players' exploration and antics leave their mark on the strange town of Barnsworth. With each completed odd job, new areas of the town open up, stranger and stranger tasks become available, and the clock ticks towards our salesman’s big meeting. The town’s colorful inhabitants are brought to life with vibrant hand-drawn animation, fully voiced dialogue, and wall-to-wall double entendres. Features: - Bold, beautiful visual design that seamlessly blends side-scrolling action vignettes with top-down exploration in a chock-a-block open world - Progressively more involved and puzzling odd-jobs to complete: cut the grass, bake a pie, traverse the astral plane! - Hand-crafted animation and original story based on traditional Yorkshire folklore - Authentic regional dialects guaranteed to mek thi spit art thi tea laughin’ - Oddly moving original soundtrack

After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of a bizarre Northern English town, a traveling salesman takes the time to explore and meet the locals, who are all very eager to give him a series of increasingly odd jobs… “Thank Goodness You’re Here!” is a comedy slapformer, which unfolds over time as the players' exploration and antics leave their mark on the strange town of Barnsworth. With each completed odd job, new areas of the town open up, stranger and stranger tasks become available, and the clock ticks towards our salesman’s big meeting. The town’s colorful inhabitants are brought to life with vibrant hand-drawn animation, fully voiced dialogue, and wall-to-wall double entendres. Features: - Bold, beautiful visual design that seamlessly blends side-scrolling action vignettes with top-down exploration in a chock-a-block open world - Progressively more involved and puzzling odd-jobs to complete: cut the grass, bake a pie, traverse the astral plane! - Hand-crafted animation and original story based on traditional Yorkshire folklore - Authentic regional dialects guaranteed to mek thi spit art thi tea laughin’ - Oddly moving original soundtrack

After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of a bizarre Northern English town, a traveling salesman takes the time to explore and meet the locals, who are all very eager to give him a series of increasingly odd jobs… “Thank Goodness You’re Here!” is a comedy slapformer, which unfolds over time as the players' exploration and antics leave their mark on the strange town of Barnsworth. With each completed odd job, new areas of the town open up, stranger and stranger tasks become available, and the clock ticks towards our salesman’s big meeting. The town’s colorful inhabitants are brought to life with vibrant hand-drawn animation, fully voiced dialogue, and wall-to-wall double entendres. Features: - Bold, beautiful visual design that seamlessly blends side-scrolling action vignettes with top-down exploration in a chock-a-block open world - Progressively more involved and puzzling odd-jobs to complete: cut the grass, bake a pie, traverse the astral plane! - Hand-crafted animation and original story based on traditional Yorkshire folklore - Authentic regional dialects guaranteed to mek thi spit art thi tea laughin’ - Oddly moving original soundtrack

Critics
86
Steam
96
Metacritic
76

Score Breakdown

85.5

Critic Average

52 reviews

96

Steam User Score

7,929 reviews

76

Metacritic User Score

218 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-10.7
Metacritic Disparity
+9.5
Combined Disparity
-0.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

23 early (44%)24 launch window (46%)5 late (10%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 52 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 85.5/100. Critics score this game 10.7 points lower than Steam users and 9.5 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 52)+
  1. Jon ClarkeviaDayOne
    Dec 9, 2025·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 96.2/100 · -16.2 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +4.0 pts
  2. Mark PellviaGamer Social Club
    Dec 9, 2025·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 96.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts
  3. Fraser BrownviaPC Gamer
    Jan 9, 2025·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 96.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts
  4. Mario Ricerni viaSTWGames Italia
    Oct 27, 2024·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 96.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts
  5. Sam FlanaganviaSmash Jump
    Oct 10, 2024·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 96.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts