Crime O'Clock
Skip · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 12.7h 20.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.16/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 520 positive
Full price
Today
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
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
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Video card with 1024 MB of VRAM or higher and DX10, DX11, DX12 capable., 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 35 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $1.99 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 81 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Adventure Escape Mysteries (free, scores 63) and Follow the meaning ($4.99, scores 74) both outscore it.
More about Crime O'Clock
5 of the 400 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
91% start to 14% 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
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 11:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Got this on sale. To tag this as investigation is close to false advertising. If you just want a Where's Waldo experience with nothing deeper then go for it. The story isn't bad but isn't engaging in the slightest. My biggest gripe is that the core gameplay is fine when it's strictly people they're asking you to find. But when the game asks you for an example of a concept (example: "Friendship," "Love," etc.) the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
So much wasted potential. A lot of other reviewers said the same things so I'm not gonna add the same over again.
They didn't have to go so hard for a search and find game. Love: The art style, the use of colour, character designs, the time-travel mechanic, the fulcrum levels, the fact that there is an actual story happening during each case. Don't love: The hacking minigames, lots of the slower animations/transitions felt like padding, I enjoyed the plot but it definitely starts to feel more like a visual novel after a while.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Crime O'Clock scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1736290/crime-o-clockReviews 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.