The White Door
BANGER · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $3.99.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $2.00/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X 9.0c compatible video card, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?
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 $1.19, set in January 2026. Its cuts run 40 percent off as a rule. There have been 50 in the 7 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 6 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Cube Escape: Paradox (free, scores 93) and Samsara Room (free, scores 93) both outscore it.
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 17 points higher at 94 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 614 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 1,087 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 17 percent of everything written about it.
At 2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
47% start to 17% 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
About 24 players at once, as of Sep 24.
Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
If every day of your life is the same and you feel like all the color is sucked out of the world, we can offer you a way out. Call us, and if you pass the test, we will invite you to our institute, where we offer you a chance to rebuild yourself through strictly controlled daily routines. Memory integrity is not guaranteed. The game mixes point-and-click puzzles with mysterious story episodes. All the achievements...
The White Door is a little bit different from the rest of Rusty Lake games. For me it's amazing how they showed all kinds of human emotions and the reality of a traumatised, hurt person. This game is an absolute masterpiece, because it shows how it is to live with depression and other mental illnesses, how it is when u finally heal and the colour s are coming back to your black and white reality.
The White Door is a really nice change of pace from the usual Rusty Lake/Cube Escape formula. I especially enjoyed getting more background on Robert Hill and Laura Vanderboom and seeing more of their story unfold. I really like the comic book style presentation and the split-screen setup. The strict daily routine in the mental health facility could easily have gotten repetitive, but the dream sequences do a great...
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Cite this score
The White Door scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1145960/the-white-doorReviews 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 2, price as of Sep 24.
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