Erica

Erica

Skip · Short indie · 2021

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 40, under the fair line, at $11.99.

Length
1.9h
Value
$6.31/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
1.9h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
11.3h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$6.31
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$11.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
1,765 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2021

Minimum on the Steam store: GTX 970 or Radeon 390 or later, 37 GB of storage. Windows only.

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Value$6.31/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length1.9 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
Refunds4 of 399 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $2.39, set in December 2021. It has been discounted 27 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.

Value puts it in the top 29 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 73 percent. On the same math Breakout 13 ($9.99, scores 66) and Heaven's Vault ($24.99, scores 58) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

Of the 399 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 702 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 43 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 11, 5.9 times as long.

The drop-off

56% start to 3% 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

Players

1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 08:49 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

A great psychological thriller where you can alter the story through your decisions.
qui.aberratRecommendedafter 3.6hAug 2026Read on Steam
اللعبه حلوة ممتاز للكن الغموض الي فيها لسخت مخي , عيتها كده مره بس عشان افهم وكده وعميقه جدا بعطيكم فكره اللعبه : انت تلعب بشخصيه بنت اسمها ايريكا , و البنت ابوها قتل بطريقه غامضة(مافي احد يعرف مين القاتل) و البنت دي تبي تعرف الحقيقه , وابوها كان مؤسس مصحه نفسيه وفيه شريك معاه نسيت اسمه , تقريبا دكتور فلاورز ممكن , المهم تدور احداث كثير وتشوف انوا البنت هذي لها علاقه في طقوس شيطانيه او سحريه وزي كده فيه نهايات كويس...
A B D U L L A HRecommendedafter 21hAug 2026Read on Steam
Not the worst game ever, but not the best. It had potential. -I wish there was a fast forward button to get through scenes faster without losing context. -I was expecting more from the "interactive" piece. It's mostly opening/moving things and dialogue options. -The ending I got didn't feel like an ending, felt unresolved.
jr42691Not recommendedafter 2.5h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Erica scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1514930/erica
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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 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

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Details

DeveloperFlavourworks
PublisherFlavourworks
GenreShort indie
Released2021
Achievements33