The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
Fair · Narrative · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $6.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.2h 1.6h to 100%
- Value
- $5.83/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 379 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.83 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
Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR. Use a hairdryer to melt snow in a wintery landscape! Search the wreck of a pirate ship hidden under the surface! Every world is unique, full of interactions and colorful life.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
54 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 11 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 89 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, GNOG ($9.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Myst ($20.99, scores 51).
More about The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
The press gave it 73; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. An 18-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 32 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 263 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 231 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 80 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
79% start to 32% 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 8, 07:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets is fully compatible with Steam Frame in stand-alone mode, even if it has not been "verified" yet. I just did a complete play-through. I just installed it and launched it, no tinkering, default parameters. Controller are fully functional, so are the trophies. I did play it on PS4VR, and I liked it, so I bought it again on Steam. I'm happy I could play it again on Steam Frame. It's...
2 more reviews
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets by Fast Travel Games is a beautifully crafted VR puzzle adventure that offers a unique blend of charm, creativity, and immersive storytelling. Designed with accessibility and delight in mind, this game invites players to step into a series of intricate miniature dioramas, each brimming with detailed environments and interactive elements. At its core, the game revolves around...
It's a simple but great game! There are no bugs at all. The quality is amazing as well. It's cute!! There are some tricky achievements, but the guides help. I enjoyed both just playing it and then replaying it (grinding) for the achievements,
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets scores 62/100 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/1099500/the-curious-tale-of-the-stolen-petsReviews 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.