 Proteus received generally positive reviews following release , holding aggregate scores of 80 % and 78 % on Metacritic and GameRankings respectively for the Windows PC version . Eurogamer 's Oli Welsh , PC Gamer 's Tom Senior , and IGN writer Nathan Grayson all gave the game 's changing audio praise , commenting on how it accompanied them through the game , with Grayson saying , " It 's oddly captivating to just walk around and let [ the sounds ] wash over your surroundings " . A review in Edge , though generally positive about the soundtrack , said that the music " never truly gets going " , particularly because of the lack of drums in most seasons . A Shacknews staff poll named Proteus the seventh best game of 2013 . Alice O 'Connor , writing for the website , called the game " delightfully devoid of explanation " . 
