Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
Skip · Narrative · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 11, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 1.3h
- Value
- $11.53/hr
- Reviews
- 66% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 11.0 compatible video card, 11 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
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 $2.99, set in May 2024. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 41 in the 5 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 89 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Late Shift ($14.99, scores 46) and Myst ($34.99, scores 44) both outscore it.
This site sampled 490 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 48 percent of the 141 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 21 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1.3 hours; clearing it takes 4, which is 3.2 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 1.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
93% start to 23% 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
Far more entertaining and enjoyable than I could have anticipated. I legitimately laughed at a good amount of the jokes. While trying to get enough clues was difficult on two of the characters, overall, this was a delight. To those complaining that you have to play through it multiple times, there is a skip option for the scenes you've already seen.
very silly and fun. would definitely recommend it if you like choices matter style movie-esque games
Look, if you like cheesy FMV games, as I do, this is a decent one. It's campy and not to be taken seriously. I thought the characters were likable and the actors are having fun hamming it up. That's really the appeal of these games, they are very much like watching B-movies. I had fun watching/playing it, and thank god they are still being made.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? scores 11/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1628130/who-pressed-mute-on-uncle-marcusReviews 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 1.
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