The Watchers
Skip · Multiplayer · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 5.2h 26.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.96/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 546 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
The Watchers is a haunting co-op stealth game in which 2 players take control of a brother and sister trying to uncover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Explore the sinister compound of a local cult and work together to evade brutal enemies. But be careful. You’re being watched.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1GB Video RAM, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 34 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 12 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 37 percent on value. It is cheaper than 70 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer ($19.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats Chained in the Backrooms ($2.99, scores 20).
More about The Watchers
2 of the 398 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 101 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 5.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 27, 5.2 times as much.
The drop-off
89% start to 1% 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
5/10 It's not good, but it's also not bad. Very janky at times which has it's pros and cons. I enjoyed it as a Devour fan but can't say i'd recommend it.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The Watchers Game Review (Disclaimer - This is just my opinion and may be unpopular or disliked) (Positive) 1. The game connected well to play co-op and didn't have disconnection issues. 2. Some of the things looked really pretty like the places architecture, some paintings, and the roses that you collect. 3. The game had it's tense moments. 4. The story was explained well and tied together throughout the game. 5...
Downside is that it's coop only, but it's pretty fun and makes you think, use your brain.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Watchers scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1112830/the-watchersReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.