Monolith
Skip · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 42, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 8.7h 8.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.34/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 360 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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 classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 30 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $2.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Value puts it in the top 34 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Whispers of a Machine ($14.99, scores 66) and CAYNE (free, scores 55) both outscore it.
More about Monolith
This site sampled 320 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to August 2026.
At 8.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
41% start to 4% 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 an absolute delight until the "Twist" in the end. unfortunatly that sucked and spoiled an otherwise great point and click adventure with an intruiging story and great puzzles. the first 80% of the game are a solid 9/10 the last 20% a 3/10. But adventure fans are used to dissappointing endings so I think we will manage this one as well. /spoiler What really irks me is the overall message in the end that...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
An old school point-n-click adventure game. The story and setting remind me of The Dig. There are plenty of bugs and the interface is rough, but I'm a sucker for these games, so it's a recommend.
It starts out pretty good. the puzzles aren't too difficult and they're somewhat logical. halfway through however, there's just too much science based stuff, mixing formulas, having to read through manuals to get clues. they aren't really logical at all.. bla bla. i found myself not even trying anymore and just going through the walkthroughs to try to finish the game since i had already spent a few hours on it. i'm...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Monolith 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/1542390/monolithReviews 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.