Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 4.8h
- Value
- $3.12/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 5 GB of memory, Any with hardware 3D acceleration, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.04. That was March 2026. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 56 in the 5 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 25 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure ($15.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats SILT ($14.99, scores 39).
This site sampled 201 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2021 to August 2026.
The main story runs 4.8 hours. Doing everything runs 15, 3.1 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
98% start to 6% 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
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood scores 46/100 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/1141120/scarlet-hood-and-the-wicked-woodReviews 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 Aug 3, price as of Oct 1.
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