Ctrl Alt Ego
Worth it · Shooter · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 16.9h 22.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.18/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 806 positive
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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
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 2016+, 18 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 43 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 10 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, High Entropy: Challenges (free, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Shadows of Doubt ($12.49, scores 64).
More about Ctrl Alt Ego
Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 16.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 355 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to August 2026.
The drop-off
79% start to 9% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 15:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Control Alt Ego often feels like the most immersive sim game I have ever played. The variety of solutions to levels and situations you are put into great. It really feels like a game in which you can solve anything with any build. The unqiue possession mechanic and way you interact witht the world can be a bit overwhelming, but once you get the hand of it. A world of options opens up to you, all you need is a bit of...
2 more reviews
IMO one of the most enjoyable modern im-sim games. It starts a bit weak in the tutorial and first chapter, but expands into a very good stealth game, with lots of secrets and alternative solutions/paths to take.
The ending falls kind of flat, but overall an excellent game with unique mechanics, dry humor, and horrifying existential implications.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Ctrl Alt Ego scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1571940/ctrl-alt-egoReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.