Riddle Joker

Riddle Joker

Worth it · Shooter · 2020

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $34.99, a BANGER if it drops to $18.34.

Length
11.7h
Value
$2.99/hr
Reviews
98% positive
It needs 48% off ($18.34) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
11.7h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
44.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.99
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$34.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
98%
7,053 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
150K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2020

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.

For decades, superpowers and psychic abilities were thought to be mere science fiction, but the discovery of a certain particle called the "Astron" at the end of the 20th century proved to the world that these wondrous phenomena were real.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
Reviews98% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement32% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$2.99/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Length12 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 420 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

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $18.54. That was June 2026. It has been discounted 41 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 42 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. The math puts its BANGER price at $18.34. No recorded sale has reached it yet.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 13 percent on value. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, When The Past Was Around ($7.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition ($39.99, scores 28).

Steam's global achievement data puts 32 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 420 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 97 percent of the 395 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 11.7 hours. Doing everything runs 45, 3.8 times as long.

The drop-off

84% start to 32% 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

My Second Yuzusoft Visual Novel After Café Stella, Riddle Joker was my second Yuzusoft visual novel, and I really enjoyed it. I really liked the setting and the idea of people having special abilities. The school setting, secret identities, comedy, romance, and supernatural stuff made it really fun to go through. I also really liked the visual presentation. The UI looks really nice and everything feels smooth while...
RiEnCeRecommendedafter 61h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
"Riddle Joker" is a solid visual novel that focuses more on character interactions and romance than on its overall plot. We play as Satoru, a secret agent who enrolls in an academy while hiding his identity. The premise involves supernatural abilities but keeping things relatively light and focusing on daily life and relationships. The main strenght of the game is its cast. Each character has a clear personality...
Ruby ShadeRecommendedafter 24hMar 2026Read on Steam
its mediocre. I understand its a slice of life focused game, but holy smokes is it boring alright. Nothing stands out in this game, not recommended
spearwshieldNot recommendedafter 9.9h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Riddle Joker 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/1277930/riddle-joker
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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 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

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Details

DeveloperYUZUSOFT
PublisherNekoNyan Ltd.
GenreShooter
Released2020
Achievements21