Jessika
Skip · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 23, under the fair line, at $1.24.
- Length
- 2.4h 3.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.52/hr
- Reviews
- 68% of 239 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 8800 or equivalent, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
61 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $1.24 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, This Bed We Made ($24.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Telling Lies ($4.99, scores 12).
The drop-off
80% start to 27% 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
I kept thinking I had a handle on where Jessika was going with it's story but it kept surprising me. I won't spoil it's twists or highlights except to say I was very happy with it from a plot standpoint. The acting was top notch from the actress who played Jessika. She had to do it all: happy; sad; angry; hurt; etc. There were some plot points that I felt were unresolved. Maybe I was just reading too much into...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Hum... It's OK. This is an FMV/interactive fiction/detective & hacking game. The graphics are fine. The music consists of a few tracks-none particularly memorable. The story is the main attraction. No bugs or crashes. Overall, entertaining. The game is similar to Her Story. You need to figure out what happened to the protagonist by hacking and uncovering video clips that gradually reveal the truth. That's it. I...
*Spoilers* I was a fan of Her Story and Simulacra so when I saw this I was a little excited. I kind of regret playing this. The storyline did not flow together and the clips of Jessika talking was poorly done. Nearly 95% of the videos started with the word "Yeah and" and that was excruciating. In the defense of the game, it was probably a language barrier and poor translation. Either way though, I just felt like the...
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Cite this score
Jessika scores 23/100 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/1251980/jessikaReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.