Viewfinder
Fair · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$24.99Fair
On its price record
$5.22BANGER
- Length
- 4.1h
- Value
- $6.10/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 970, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $7.49, set in September 2026. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 35 in the 3 years tracked, about 4 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $5.22, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 13 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Manifold Garden ($19.99, scores 64) outscores it, and so does NaissanceE (free, scores 64). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Critics scored it 84. Players sit 11 points higher at 95 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 23 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 1,052 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
90% 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
110 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 11:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Viewfinder is a weird one. The game is pretty short, but I still found myself getting bored with it fairly quickly. The puzzle mechanics change with each chapter, but the difficulty basically stays the same for the whole game. So don't expect it to get much harder as you go. Visually, it's also kind of strange. It looks clean, but at the same time it can feel messy. Still, it's definitely a well-polished game. There...
Viewfinder is a great cozy puzzlegame with some amazing visual trickery. They game is fairly easy and does not get more difficult as you progress. Every chapter new mechanics are introduced keeping it from becoming repetitive. The game is quite short. Around 4 hours with all optional levels. I would recommend to buying it when on sale.
Very cute execution of a couple nifty perspective gimmicks. Wasn't the biggest fan of the timed ending and the narrative sadly didn't resonate as much as I was hoping, but never gets brutally difficult and generally a very pleasant and relaxing journey.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Viewfinder scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1382070/viewfinderReviews 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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