The Medium
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$49.99Skip
Typical seasonal cut
$14.9970% offFair
- Cost per hour▼
- $6.25/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 10,374
- Genre rank
- Top 28% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8h
- To 100%
- 10h 1.3x the story
- Achievements
- 39
Price and sales
- Sales
- 46 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $12.49 September 2026
- Sale every
- 44d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 5 now
- Recent reviews
- 88% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 89% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
87% start to 5% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 46 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score puts it in the top 28 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Little Nightmares ($19.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats The Path ($9.99, scores 44).
More about The Medium
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 388 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
absolutely love this game. It gave me silent hill vibes but with less anxiety, i really loved the story and music sooo muh. I hope yous make a second one!
2 more reviews
As I'm posting this review, I've actually just finished the game for the second time. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much going into it the first time, but it completely blew me away First of all, the story is just phenomenal, so cohesive, full of twists, and genuinely unique. It never loses its pacing and just keeps pulling you deeper and making you want to know what actually happened. The themes dealing with human...
Definitely recommend....10/10! Really enjoyed "The Medium"! The atmosphere and storytelling pulled me in right away, and the dual-reality mechanic was such a cool and unique idea. The graphics look fantastic, especially the environments, lighting, and creepy details throughout the game. The Red House section was easily one of my favorite parts. Great mix of exploration, puzzles, psychological horror, and an...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, @1080p NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 Super or GTX 1060 / Radeon R9 390X, 55 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Medium scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1293160/the-mediumReviews 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 16, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.