The Complex
Skip · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 1.5h
- Value
- $9.99/hr
- Reviews
- 78% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 11.0 compatible video card, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
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
The lowest price on record is $3.44, set in July 2024. Its cuts run 65 percent off as a rule. There have been 57 in the 7 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 45 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Late Shift ($14.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition ($39.99, scores 28).
The press gave it 62; the people who bought it give it 78 percent. A 16-point gap in the buyer's favour.
8 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 1,333 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1.5 hours; clearing it takes 4, which is 2.5 times the campaign.
At 1.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
92% start to 10% 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
1 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 08:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
It's a well made FMV with a lot of endings. + Good quality picture and props + Decent acting + Skip button when replaying - No undo button
Bugs TL;DR : story is interesting up-to second apisode, but it is unplayable beyond that due to bugs. Story is interesting, and Iwould like to be able to conwinue, But the game has serious issues rendering it unplayable on Linux: 1. Very likely the game will get stuck and never load the next episode of the series. 2. Game has black screen or suffer from the same stuck at loading screen after 2nd launch. Only fix I...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Complex scores 35/100 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/1107790/the-complexReviews 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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