Blue Prince
Fair · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $29.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 18.3h
- Value
- $1.64/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/AMD RX580, 6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $17.99, set in May 2026. It has been discounted 16 times in the 1 year tracked here, typically at 34 percent off, with about 4 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 29 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Escape Simulator ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Call of the Sea ($19.99, scores 54).
19 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 566 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 18.3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 103, 5.6 times as much.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
38% 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
Players
998 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 23:45 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I'm giving this a thumbs-up, but I wanted to share my thoughts. I've an avid escape-room player. This game isn't really an escape room, but it certainly feels that way at times. This game isn't going to be for everyone. You have to be someone who: 1. enjoys a grind 2. doesn't mind losing work to RNG 3. likes a slowly unraveling story This is almost a roguelite puzzle game. It's in a very unique genre spot. The...
I really find myself strongly disagreeing with some of the negative reviews and their criticisms. Everyone's focus seems to be on either the RNG mechanics or the fact that everything requires good note-taking and some screenshots. Which, I can understand frustration about RNG, but not the note-taking. I really really enjoy the fact that I get to play detective. I am a pretty detail-oriented, analytical person and...
I just wish this was a normal linear puzzle game without the RNG elements. I'm sure that's what these people would've made if roguelites weren't such a trendy genre in the current day. I wish I could spend more time thinking about the mysteries and puzzles and less on doing run after run hoping I get the rooms I want. What if a Myst-like puzzle game had a slot machine? It determines if you can find all the pieces of...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Blue Prince scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1569580/blue-princeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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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