a pet shop after dark
Fair · Narrative · 2022
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.2h 2.2h to 100%
- Value
- $4.54/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 405 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.60 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
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 26 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 20 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 13 percent on value. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sally Face - Episode One ($2.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Amanda the Adventurer 2 ($9.99, scores 54).
More about a pet shop after dark
This site sampled 336 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to June 2026.
The drop-off
96% start to 51% 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
A very fun meta horror game that makes you use your brain to solve puzzles. If you played the original free version, this one has a few extra puzzles thrown in compared to that one. Oh and despite this being a "horror" game, there's nothing actually scary about it, it's more of a vibe or aesthetic. Unless you're literally 2yo this won't bother you even a little bit.
2 more reviews
it's good. best not to spoil it for those who don't want to be, so it'll be in spoilers. this is a meta game. you should learn how to dig thru your files. and you can replay the game, if you really, really want to. some of the puzzles are rather difficult. but the hint system did allow me to get through the game; there is one puzzle (the one with the chest) that stumped me for a bit, but eventually i did figure it...
10/10!!! love this!!!! i don't think it really counts as horror-i mean, it's got spooky vibes and all-but it never actually scares you. still, i loved it sm <3 probably one of my favorites ever :) also, many have complained that there's no way to reset the game after finishing it; there actually is a way, you've just got to find it!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
a pet shop after dark scores 59/100 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/1934800/a-pet-shop-after-darkReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.