Psych

Psych

Skip · Narrative · 2022

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$9.99Skip

On its price record

$4.76Fair

Length
3.5h 4.5h to 100%
Value
$2.85/hr
Reviews
79% of 356 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.76 or less.

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

Holding it back
Value$2.85/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews79% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 78% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 312 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 760 / AMD Radeon R9 290, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 57 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 33 percent on value. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike ($4.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Supernormal ($7.99, scores 31).

More about Psych

5 of the 312 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 124 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

83% start to 5% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

What a great game, i really enjoyed it. Recommended and worth it. The story was really good, you could feel the tension and the confusion. Graphics are really nice and the area isn't too big, which i liked. There were a few jumpscares, overall very fun to play for a horror lover like myself. Easy 100% achievements as well. The only thing i thought was out of place/distracting was the voice acting of Sam. Didn't hear...
LîlîthRecommendedafter 6.5h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Psych is a rare horror title that prioritizes psychological depth and sustained suspense over quick thrills. If you are looking for a game that will test your nerves and make you second-guess every shadow in your own hallway, Psych is an absolute must-play. ​Rating: 10/10 - A haunting, brilliantly crafted descent into madness.
CursedFrameRecommendedafter 3.9hSep 2026Read on Steam
The game starts well, but the middle is flat and the ending is too bad. The beginning is good. The narrative and atmosphere were good, and the story gradually made me excited to find out what would happen next and what had really happened. Then the sewage chapter was long and a little boring, but I think the excitement from the beginning helped me continue playing. After that, I started to hate this game. The...
stevengunners27Not recommendedafter 5.5h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Psych scores 42/100 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/1404660/psych
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Reviews 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMediaTale
PublisherMediaTale
GenreNarrative
Released2022
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements26