The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest
Fair · Narrative · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.5h 15.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.44/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 200 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.87 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 477 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Return to The 7th Guest's Stauf Mansion in this mind bending fmv puzzle game made by fans of the original series.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: Graphics cards still under manufacturer support, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 29 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 68 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 18 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Contradiction: Spot The Liar ($12.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Telling Lies ($4.99, scores 12).
More about The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest
The main story runs 4.5 hours. Doing everything runs 16, 3.5 times as long.
The drop-off
89% start to 5% 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
What players say
I loved that the puzzles were solvable. The needed information was readily available and just took a little time to put things together. As puzzle games go, this one was nowhere near as difficult as Myst/Riven type of game are and that's just fine by me. I've been working on Riven for months! LoL Sometimes it's fun to work on a game that is just fun to play. For me, this fit the bill.
2 more reviews
The 13th Doll is a puzzle adventure and semi-official sequel to The 7th Guest. The premise is that Tad Gorman was able to leave the house at the end of the first game, but the house never really left him, and 10 years later he returns with Dr. Richmond, his new psychiatrist, to try to free the souls of those he left behind. The gameplay here is mostly just solving logic puzzles, just like the first two games. You'll...
I've been eyeballing this game since I found it by accident when I saw there was a remake of the original 7th guest. It went on sale and I bought it. It is a faithful remake of the original Stauf's mansion save for you can move around more freely than on rails. The graphics are on point to look like it came out of the 90s and I enjoy the nostalgia of oh oh that is where so and so got murdered. The only down point I...
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Cite this score
The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1107230/the-13th-doll-a-fan-game-of-the-7th-guestReviews 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 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.