Ever Forward

Ever Forward

Skip · Strategy · 2020

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$14.99Skip

On its price record

$12.70Fair

Length
2.7h 3h to 100%
Value
$5.55/hr
Reviews
82% of 289 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.70 or less.

Buy now or wait

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

Raising the score
Engagement26% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$5.55/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews82% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 81% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 157 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX760 | AMD Radeon 7950, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

49 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Monument Valley ($7.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Youtubers Life ($19.99, scores 44).

More about Ever Forward

The press gave it 65; the people who bought it give it 82 percent. A 17-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Steam's global achievement data puts 26 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.

The drop-off

84% start to 26% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

ChatGPT reviews are wrong, this is the prequel to Portal: Cube You play as little Caroline and her cube-I don't care I even added an em dash to make it factual
ArtsyRecommendedafter 5.7hMay 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Ever Forward is a puzzle and adventure game. In short, and without spoilers, it's about a girl named Maya who is searching for her mother after she left her. The story begins there. The story is fairly good, and I enjoyed it. The music is also great. The puzzles are somewhat similar to Portal, but Portal is much more difficult. The puzzles were average, except for the last part of the story, which had one that was...
DarylRecommendedafter 8.8hFeb 2026Read on Steam
Pastel-toned graphics, an emotional storyline, and challenging puzzles offer a fun and engaging experience. However, the game unfortunately ends before you can fully immerse yourself in the gameplay and story.
HAYULRecommendedafter 1.6hNov 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Ever Forward scores 48/100 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/1220370/ever-forward
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Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+17
Critics65
Players82
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 289 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperPathea Games
PublisherPathea Games
GenreStrategy
Released2020
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements21