Buddy Simulator 1984
Worth it · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $6.92.
- Length
- 5.2h
- Value
- $1.92/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 550 GTX / AMD Radeon 5770 HD series card, 399 MB of storage. Windows only.
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
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 $1.99, set in June 2026. 39 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 40 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $6.92 BANGER line 25 times.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator (free, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut ($9.99, scores 61).
Of the 533 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 206 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
5.2 hours to finish it, 16 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
84% start to 4% 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 Sep 28, 07:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great game! I played this back to back with Inscryption and was surprised by how similar the two feel in certain ways. Buddy is a really well crafted character, and I found myself feeling genuinely conflicted about my actions at several points. That said, I do feel a little cheated by the fact that you seemingly have no real option other than ruining things with him. I'll definitely have to do another run to see the...
Go play it, and go in without knowing anything about it. I originally found this game as a recommendation since I like Electric Dreams and I think even beyond the concept of the game, the themes within it mean a lot to me. If you ever played the game Alter Ego, this game also has similar concepts, albeit both are very different. The lines about friends not being eternal, but Buddy Simulator being eternal hit hard...
Enjoyed it a lot! Its really a blend of psy horror, humour, and a catching story. Play without knowing anything of the game to get the full experience!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Buddy Simulator 1984 scores 79/100 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/1269950/buddy-simulator-1984Reviews 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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