Dofamine
Skip · Strategy · 2021
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 28, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 1h 1.2h to 100%
- Value
- $9.99/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 253 positive
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Buy now or wait
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 must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 58 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 88 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Exo One ($16.99, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats CAT Interstellar ($9.99, scores 23).
More about Dofamine
Of the 232 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 106 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 46 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
59% start to 24% 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
Dofamine is a short, experimental puzzle experience that attempts to fuse abstract logic with philosophical science fiction, placing players inside a sterile research environment shaped by a mysterious and potentially catastrophic experiment. Developed and published by Whale Rock Games, it positions itself as more than just a conventional puzzle game, aiming instead to explore ideas about knowledge, consequence, and...
1 more review
Absolutely loved Dofamine - first-person exploration uncovering apocalyptic truths via logic riddles is genius! Manipulating blocks, tracing connections in Higgs experiments builds to epic revelations. No hand-holding, intuitive yet challenging. Sci-fi lore rich and philosophical, visuals moody perfect. Short but replayable for secrets - indie puzzle perfection!
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Cite this score
Dofamine scores 28/100 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/1441180/dofamineReviews 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.