BURIED STARS
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 44, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 8.6h
- Value
- $4.65/hr
- Reviews
- 84% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 520, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was March 2026. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 26 in the 5 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 30 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Heavy Rain ($19.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats Sherlock Holmes Chapter One ($44.99, scores 35).
Steam's global achievement data puts 30 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 657 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2021 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 8.6 hours; clearing it takes 29, which is 3.4 times the campaign.
At 8.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
95% start to 30% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
TEDIOUS As most have said the premises is interesting, but the gameplay itself is bloated with needless conversations. The plot should keep moving forward, and not hit the breaks just to have a chat about things barely related to the actual issue of the story. Also, the story only works because the characters act stupid. This isn't a Steins;Gate where you make choices which change the route, it is sitting through...
It had promise but I ended up having a lot of mixed feelings about it and looked up stuff instead of 100 % it.
A rather solid VN. The gameplay is pretty meh, and the order of the optional dialogue can lead to a little wonkiness in the plot-required dialogue choices (e.g. character doesn't know something when they were just talking about it in an earlier optional dialogue scene). The choices can also be a little tough to differentiate, though I hear this is a translation issue. I recommend doing all the plot-required dialogue...
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Cite this score
BURIED STARS scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1025960/buried-starsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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