Saint Kotar
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 8h 13.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 293 positive
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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
About the game
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 1 GB, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 34 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sherlock Holmes The Awakened ($3.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats The Casting of Frank Stone™ ($29.99, scores 6).
More about Saint Kotar
This site sampled 202 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
66% start to 7% 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
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 22:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
tl;dr - A really weird game with nostalgia visuals that trigger all the best stuff from early 2000's with mediocre voice acting and a really annoying protagonist you'll have issues connecting with. Gruesome story that makes sense, but still somehow still fails to connect everything into a great experience. Yes - if you like gory, no "happy ending" stories and if you can muster Benedek's VA and him squeaming at most...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Saint Kotar's logo - the cross, the martyr, and the bracket. all painted in white with cracks in the foundation - is brilliant symbolic foreshadowing. The-Mark Entertainment has conjured a silent, creepy world with foggy landscapes and a great dual protagonist system that juxtaposes a devout priest's struggle with the mental decline of his companion. Voice acting may be a little over-dramatic, and while running...
I've been playing Saint Kotar on Steam for several hours, and up until a certain point the experience was generally positive and technically stable. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it in its current state. I encountered a game-breaking bug that completely prevents further progress. During the conversation with Vera, once the dialogue ends, the game stops responding to most interaction inputs This issue has been...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Saint Kotar scores 29/100 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/1358530/saint-kotarReviews 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.