A Guidebook of Babel
Fair · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.6h 10.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.74/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 1,805 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.24 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
About the game
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 520, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 34 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 45 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 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shadows Over Loathing ($22.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats Lost in Play ($19.99, scores 66).
More about A Guidebook of Babel
2 of the 367 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to September 2026.
The drop-off
64% start to 12% 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
This game was something I picked up mostly out of curiosity. The art style was indeed a major factor, and the idea of non-linear, parallel storytelling with butterfly effects really caught my attention. It was a bit confusing at first and I nearly lost interest, especially the rewriting of events to trigger butterfly effects but once I got used to it, the mechanic became genuinely fun and rewarding. Aside from the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
A Guidebook of Babel scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1467920/a-guidebook-of-babelReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.