Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
Fair · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6.9h 8.3h to 100%
- Value
- $2.90/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 373 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.33 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
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB, 30 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
16 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 14 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, KARMA: The Dark World ($24.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats The Novelist ($4.99, scores 38).
More about Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
1 of the 312 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
73% start to 12% 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
The game had a fascinating story and cool way of having you solve mysteries to that went on in the ship. I like games like this one because of me wanting to piece together the pieces of the story and make sense as to what happened. The problems in this game were more to do with the lagging, unnecessary actions, and slow pace, along with other factors. 1: I had to constantly adjust my settings to make sure the game...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
So, while I do recommend this game, I only recommend it on a discount. I wouldn't pay full price for this even though, by and large, I enjoyed it, because there were a few hang-ups that kinda spoiled the experience for me. Good first: the storyline is pretty good, the characters are good, and the voice acting is good. What happens to Alex in the prologue is legitimately horrifying and because of it you are...
2/5 - Bad It's a good mystery/detective walking simulator but people should know that this game is deeply flawed on a technical level and they should avoid it. There is constant stuttering when traversing the world which seems related to dynamically loading assets. It doesn't improve even if graphics are low or you reduce frame rate. So right from the get go you can see there's bad programming going on. Moreover, I...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1783680/thalassa-edge-of-the-abyssReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.