Stuck In Time
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $2.79, at or past its typical seasonal cut of 65%. The Autumn Sale runs to Oct 8.
- Length
- 71.7h
- Value
- $0.04/hr
- Reviews
- 84% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 65% off today.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 65% ($2.79)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 66% ($2.71)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB), Radeon X1300 Pro (256 MB), 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
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
It has never been cheaper than $2.71. That was June 2026. Its cuts run 55 percent off as a rule. There have been 29 in the 5 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart. Today's $2.79 at 65 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Value puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition ($34.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Evoland Legendary Edition ($4.99, scores 59).
4 of the 459 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2021 to August 2026.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
24% start to 3% 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
23 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 07:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
really fun and unique concept, great for background play but my spouse and i also had a lot of fun strategizing our routes when we didn't want to grind. excellent soundtrack too, i'd love to be able to buy it.
My favorite incremental i've ever played and it's NOT close. A truly transformative re-imagining of the genre that rewards active discovery and planning and strategic use of idle time.
Love the game. It's a real idle game without allowing you to boost stuff by programming some macro because the game itsels IS THE MACRO. I could do a setup then leave it while I'm eating lunch, while working or sleeping, come back to it and satisfied on how much I have farmed permanent stat upgrades. Then I make progress for a an hour, see where I get stuck and then create a loop to efficiently farm and leave the...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Stuck In Time scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1814010/stuck-in-timeReviews 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 1.
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