I'm on Observation Duty
BANGER · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $2.99.
- Length
- 2.9h
- Value
- $1.03/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities., 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
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 $0.99. That was October 2019. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 34 in the 8 years tracked, about 12 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Amnesia: The Dark Descent ($19.99, scores 71) and Welcome to the Game ($4.99, scores 67) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $4.34. It costs $2.99.
This site sampled 389 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 89 percent of the 539 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
72% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 11:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great first start to the series. My s/o and I played it together and it took us around 4.4hrs for 100%
This is a deceptively challenging little horror game. It's great if you don't want to have to deal with complex controls and just focus on figuring out the anomalies. It's easy to learn, and not too tough to master - it just takes patience, persistence, and a decent memory.
One of the earliest anomalous hunt games on the market, but still holds up as a fun experience. If you're into the genre, or looking for a cheap entry to see if they're to your liking, I'm on Observation Duty is worth a try.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
I'm on Observation Duty scores 92/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1046820/i-m-on-observation-dutyReviews 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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