BAD END THEATER
Worth it · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99, a BANGER if it drops to $4.16.
- Length
- 1.2h
- Value
- $6.66/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 20% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 30% ($6.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 50% ($4.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
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
September 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $4.99. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 27 in the 5 years tracked, about 9 weeks apart. Today's $7.99 at 20 percent off still sits 60 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history. $4.16 is what it would take to make this a BANGER, and nothing in its history goes that low.
At full price it scores 68. The current cut is what makes it a 72.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and the best reviewed. Among the games that feel like it, Yes, Your Grace ($3.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall ($24.99, scores 30).
Of the 519 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 16 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 96 percent of the 4,767 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 54 percent of everything written about it.
At 1.2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
97% start to 49% 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
8 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 14:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game is one of the most in-depth visual novels I've ever seen, and the most dedicated to making you hit a bad ending. It's almost like the entire idea is to have loads of bad ends... almost like... a bad end theater... Fr tho, I love this game to the bottom of my heart, and the true ending is one of the most heartwarming endings I've seen (even if i cant talk more about it because you should play it raaah)...
Extremely charming game with a sweet and original story. The art and music were super cute. Had a very good time getting all the endings. Super recommend if you're looking for a chill and not too long game. Anyway, can't wait to see more from this dev!
It took me less than two hours to finish this game, but I won't refund it because I loved the narration, the way the characters were written and how the gameplay worked. It is a great visual novel that is worth playing!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
BAD END THEATER scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1764390/bad-end-theaterReviews 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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