10 Dead Doves
Fair · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.1h
- Value
- $3.52/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 275 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.01 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 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
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About the game
The critically acclaimed surreal horror adventure. Two hikers, Mark and Sean, avoid monsters, survive disaster, and search Appalachia for the legend of the Ant Farm, a mythic place rumored to make your dreams come true.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Geforce 860M equivalent, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 16 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Oxenfree ($9.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1 ($8.99, scores 48).
More about 10 Dead Doves
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7.1 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
22% start to <1% 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
Pretentious, amateur arthouse game trying to be Pathologic and Silent Hill 2. The writing resorts to the devs self-referencing their struggle wih finishing their own story, just like Imposter Factory - the result is a narrative with the depth of a game like Blair Witch and Layers of Fear.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I absolutely adore the atmosphere... is it insanely twin peaks/x files derivative down to the music? yes sure, but it is executed so well. Unfortunately, 2/3 into the game it just devolves into a sob pity story about some divorced guy who at no point in the story is even a bit likable. I really don't understand what is happening, all the pieces of a nice horror story are there but it really fails at this whole "the...
I had no idea what to expect, but this was way cooler, wittier, heavier, and LONGER than I ever expected. And also, INFINITELY more cinematic. It's quite rough in terms of visuals, audio, and clarity (by which I mean, the gameplay can be confusing sometimes) but you know what? That's just the mark of a true, genuine passion project. Its an intensely emotional journey and sort of an intriguing character study as...
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Cite this score
10 Dead Doves scores 51/100 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/1564540/10-dead-dovesReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.