Security Booth: Director's Cut
Worth it · Short indie · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 2.2h 2.4h to 100%
- Value
- $2.27/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 292 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
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About the game
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: Dedicated Graphics Card. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 28 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 25 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Grunn ($9.74, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Father's Day ($6.99, scores 63).
More about Security Booth: Director's Cut
Steam's global achievement data puts 22 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 269 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2022 to August 2026.
The drop-off
72% start to 22% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
This is an interesting little puzzle game. Very much similar to Paper's Please but more Lovecraftian. It is about thinking outside of the box to find the secrets instead of being handed secrets. I liked this because it was on sale and the content was good for a few dollars. You will need a walkthrough and a chart from Scrimbo to 100% this game. (3 hours; man that yellow car was unfair to find.) :) Overall rating...
2 more reviews
This is exactly the kind of small but hyper focused little game that I LOVE to find-its genuinely one of my favorites.
short, sweet, spooky great aesthetic with the psx vhs look! the game is not trying to be more than the sum of it's parts. it is a less harsh less fleshed out paper's please which hey i would pay more for more depth, more difficulty and more scares! if you soak in the pixelated atmosphere and get into the mood this is a good time even if you see everything within an hour.
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Cite this score
Security Booth: Director's Cut scores 68/100 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/1828690/security-booth-director-s-cutReviews 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.