Paradise Killer
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $9.46.
- Length
- 11.6h
- Value
- $1.72/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, HD Graphics 530 (Direct X 11 or above required), 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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 $4.99, set in November 2024. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 64 in the 6 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $9.46 BANGER line 38 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Enigma of Fear ($29.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats The Painscreek Killings ($19.99, scores 66).
81 from critics against 93 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 511 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 144 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
At 11.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
24% start to 7% 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
5 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 23:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Paradise Killer is completely different from other games in its genre. It's essentially a visual novel detective game, but it also offers a 3D open world. The exploration feels engaging, addictive, and rewarding. I started searching for clues the moment I set foot on the island. However, the suspects just pulling a "nah, prove it in court" after you've basically exposed their lies felt like lazy writing to me. We...
I can't believe this game flew under my radar for six years! What Paradise Killer is turns out to be a masterful amamlgam of walking simulator, colectathon, visual novel and mystery game with a vaporware paint job. You get to Paradise 24, told to look into a supposed locked door mystery where the alledged guily party is one of the most convenient suspect, and after a short briefing, you're left to explore every nook...
good game, i finished it in two days, i expected it to be danganronpaesque but the trials here are much more enjoyable aswell as the open world exploration on second thought: the evidence collection is very tedious and you have to walk through every nook and corner of the map to be like 100% sure which was a little annoying since there is ALOT of collectibles
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Cite this score
Paradise Killer scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1160220/paradise-killerReviews 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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