Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Fair · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$14.99Fair
On its price record
$5.40BANGER
- Length
- 7h
- Value
- $2.14/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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
May 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $3.74. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 38 in the 5 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $5.40 BANGER line 12 times.
Value puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse ($24.99, scores 60).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 393 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
70% start to 9% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 7-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
8 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 16:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
My first "point & click" game, Kathy Rain really surprised me with how well-written the story and characters are and how smart some of the puzzles are designed. Finished the game 100% in 11 hours, I'd say it's a really nice length for a narrative mystery game. Will definitely check out the sequel when I have time. ★★★★½ out of 5
I picked up this game during a time of unemployment and depression, and while I'll spare you the tale of my own issues in detail, I'm glad I did. I decided I wanted to write a proper review for this as soon as I started enjoying it, and it's been a while since I've taken this amount of time. Launching into the game, I almost immediately fell in love with the design in it's entirety. If you love old school adventure...
Great point-and-click game. I've absolutely rinsed the like of Broken Sword, Monkey Island, and had this recommended alongside Hobs Barrow. Just completed this and now purchased number two.
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Cite this score
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut scores 67/100 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/1395030/kathy-rain-director-s-cutReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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