Resonance
Fair · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8h 9.9h to 100%
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 577 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.03 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $4.49 (70% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, Supports all DirectX-compatible video cards. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 58 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 12 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Primordia ($9.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats VirtuaVerse ($14.99, scores 53).
More about Resonance
76 from critics against 89 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
At 8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
65% 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
What players say
Classic Wadjet Eye adventure game - great atmosphere, strong writing, memorable characters, and a genuinely excellent twist. I love these kinds of games and Resonance absolutely nails the vibe. That said, the UI and interaction design drag the experience down HARD. So many puzzles aren't about figuring out the solution, but figuring out what extremely specific interaction the game expects from you. Multiple times I...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I'm only half way through, and frequently have to check a guide to be able to progress through the story. Puzzles really hurt this game, they are convoluted for no reason, it's not satisfying to solve them eventually because the main focus is the story, so these puzzles are just hindrance in between, and they are a lot. Short term and long term memories is such a good concept, but applied badly here, only adding...
I did enjoy some of this game, its characters and story were engaging, and I appreciated the twists and turns throughout. However, I found many of the puzzles frustrating. The manual switching between characters is a mechanic I've never liked in any game; here, it felt confusing and road blocked the narrative and made it harder to follow. The voice acting was decent nothing special, and the visuals have a classic...
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Cite this score
Resonance scores 60/100 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/212050/resonanceReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.