Summer of '58
Fair · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $8.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.5h
- Value
- $5.99/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
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
October 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $0.98. 51 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 63 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Father's Day ($6.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Find Yourself ($6.99, scores 51).
This site sampled 762 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 19 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 2,580 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 57 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
97% start to 6% 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
2 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 13:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
PROS + Strong and unsettling atmosphere. + Interesting and emotionally affecting story. + Keeps the tension consistent throughout the experience. + Good pacing for a short horror game. CONS - Relies too heavily on jumpscares. - Some jumpscares feel forced or predictable. - Frequent jumpscares gradually reduce their effectiveness. VERDICT Summer of '58 is a solid short horror experience with an interesting story and...
I love the setting of Russia in horror games, it just fits so well. This game was really fun to play and it had a lot of depth. Highly Recommend checking this out
Summer of '58 must've had a quota it needed to fill with the amount of jump scares that litter this game. They happen so frequently that it stops surprising you and just becomes a natural part of the environment.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Summer of '58 scores 61/100 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/1609080/summer-of-58Reviews 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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