Lazaret

Lazaret

Fair · Narrative · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $10.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
3h 4.4h to 100%
Value
$3.66/hr
Reviews
86% of 283 positive
It needs 62% off ($4.19) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.19 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 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

Raising the score
Engagement47% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$3.66/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 84% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds4 of 262 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Shader Model 5.0, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

18 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 16 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Platform 8 ($3.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Dear Esther: Landmark Edition ($1.99, scores 35).

More about Lazaret

Steam's global achievement data puts 47 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. 4 of the 262 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2024 to August 2026.

The drop-off

69% start to 47% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam 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

Giving it a positive review since there is not a neutral option. The map levels and environment are good. The puzzles do get a bit monotonous but not annoyingly so. Sound design is excellent! And I loved the interactions with ghosts of the crew . The biggest issues are the enemies and the story. The most common enemies, the calcified , pose no threat after the first jump scare or two. There is no consequences with...
DueKhaosRecommendedafter 3.7hFeb 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Excellent game that I still think about after finishing. Enjoyable puzzles with many items to find and fetch with only light scares. I can't think of an adventure/puzzle game that provided so much entertainment at such a low cost. For me, a 10/10.
hortonmRecommendedafter 7.3hFeb 2026Read on Steam
this game is sooo freaking GOOD! I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT I MADE IT 100%!! This is so underated.
TehMochieRecommendedafter 12hFeb 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Lazaret 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/2088280/lazaret
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Reviews 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperAegon Games
PublisherAegon Games
GenreNarrative
Released2024
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements9