The Captain
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $11.99.
- Length
- 10.2h 26h to 100%
- Value
- $1.18/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 327 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 3000 or better, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
28 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today's $11.99 at 40 percent off still sits 140 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shadows Over Loathing ($22.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats McPixel 3 ($9.99, scores 72).
More about The Captain
Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 10.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 306 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2021 to August 2026.
The main story runs 10.2 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 2.5 times as long.
The drop-off
68% start to 3% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
A hidden gem of a game. Star Trek vibes. The locations are beautiful. The tiny characters against huge backgrounds is a cool perspective.
2 more reviews
FTL Meets LucasArts, But the Save System is Stuck in 2006 The way I see it, the creators of this game tried to merge two entirely different genres: an FTL-style roguelite and classic adventure games. Similar to FTL , you whizz through the galaxy, desperately trying to reach Earth before the bad guys do. And just like FTL , you have shops for repairs and upgrades, tactical space battles, and strict travel time...
This has got to be one of the best point and clicks games ive ever played. And Ive played everything. Plus this has to be the one ive replayed the most. There is just SO MUCH to do in this game, the story is great and the characters are funny as hell. Art is spot on and the music as well. The puzzles are not overlycomplicated but depending the route you choose it can get tricky! and for once, a game in which your...
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Cite this score
The Captain scores 73/100 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/1721530/the-captainReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.