Inspector Waffles
Fair · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$12.99Fair
On its price record
$4.23BANGER
- Length
- 4.4h 5.4h to 100%
- Value
- $2.95/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 300 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.23 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: DirectX compatible card, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 34 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $4.23 BANGER line 7 times.
On value it sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Loco Motive ($17.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure ($15.99, scores 53).
More about Inspector Waffles
Steam's global achievement data puts 39 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 221 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.4 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
74% start to 39% 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
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 04:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Wonderful game that's full to the brim with puns. Seriously, there is a lot of them, this has to be some sort of record. Gameplay is enjoyable, most puzzles are fairly straight-forward, though I missed something a few times and had to call my mom, which works as a fun hint system. Only issue I stumbled upon was when I needed to get milk and a piece of dialogue said that there is milk in a fridge when I inspected it...
2 more reviews
inspector waffles more like inspector yaoi im jk one of my fav games oat by the way
A delightful adventure about a city of cats and dogs. A cat detective must drinking so much milk and accept help from other to solve his latest case. A help from a very excited dog officer!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Inspector Waffles scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1055850/inspector-wafflesReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.