Looking for Aliens
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99, a BANGER if it drops to $5.43.
- Length
- 6.7h 7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.19/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 357 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.43 or less.
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
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GPU with at least 512MB of VRAM. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 49 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $5.43. The record reaches that level 37 times.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, 100 hidden cats ($0.59, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Hidden Folks ($14.99, scores 69).
More about Looking for Aliens
None of the 234 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
87% start to 29% 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
By far the best Hidden Object style game on Steam right now. It has 25 highly interactive levels with tons of characters to find. It's funny, weird, and full of surprises in every corner.
2 more reviews
The game has 25 levels in total, and the gameplay is very easy. At the bottom of the screen, there's a scrollable list showing the objects you need to find, along with a UFO icon that tells you how many items you still need to locate before you can move on. One thing I really like is that you don't have to find every single object to progress. Some scenes are quite large, and certain objects can be really well...
In some weird twist of my gaming addiction, I have become a fan of hidden object games. Perhaps my attention span is waning or I have grown weary of mind-bending puzzles. I now take great pleasure in the focus that is required to look for cats, dogs, or (in this case) aliens. I also like a game I can enjoy in short bursts. Looking for Aliens quickly became my top pick in the Hidden Object genre. It is hand drawn and...
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Cite this score
Looking for Aliens scores 78/100 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/1733500/looking-for-aliensReviews 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.