Karen: An Outrage Simulator
Worth it · Short indie · 2020
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.99.
- Length
- 1.5h 1.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.99/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 226 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.92 (69% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 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
You are Karen - Argue your way through ridiculous scenarios, and get everything you rightfully deserve in this short comedic game about entitlement.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 720p DirectX 9, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
35 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 34 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, The Henry Stickmin Collection ($5.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition ($9.99, scores 60).
More about Karen: An Outrage Simulator
Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 137 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 71 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
84% start to 25% 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
Karen: An Outrage Simulator is a wonderfully ridiculous indie comedy that transforms the infamous stereotype of an entitled customer into an interactive battle of arguments, manipulation, and outrageous demands. Developed and published by Vagabond Dog and released on August 27, 2020, the game embraces internet humor and social satire through a deliberately exaggerated portrayal of customer service confrontations...
2 more reviews
Karen: An Outrage Simulator is exactly what the title suggests: a short, dialogue-driven parody built around exaggerated stereotypes and absurd situations. It does not attempt to be deep or mechanically complex, instead leaning fully into its humor and simplicity. The experience is extremely brief, functioning more like an interactive skit than a traditional game. There are no real mechanics beyond selecting...
This Karen simulator triggered some interesting memories of dealing with real Karens. I never want to experience that again, but this nice little game gave me an interesting buzz of nostalgia.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Karen: An Outrage Simulator scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1361110/karen-an-outrage-simulatorReviews 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.