THE IMPOSSIBLE
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.74.
- Length
- 0.5h 0.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.48/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 590 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Radeon HD 7500G/Intel HD Graphics 3000, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 54 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.74 at 85 percent off still sits 51 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, RATSHAKER™ ($2.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Breakout 13 ($9.99, scores 66).
More about THE IMPOSSIBLE
This site sampled 359 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 439 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 87 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 0.5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
56% 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
THE IMPOSSIBLE, developed by IMPOSSIBLE INC and Airem, stands out as a fascinating and inventive puzzle game that challenges players with its clever manipulation of perspective and geometry. At first glance, the game's minimalist art style might suggest a simple experience, but beneath this clean and understated exterior lies a world filled with intricate optical illusions and mind-bending puzzles. The core gameplay...
1 more review
I love being bullied by robot women who secretly (not, so secret in this case) love me. 10/10
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
THE IMPOSSIBLE scores 74/100 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/1363850/the-impossibleReviews 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 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.