Contrast
Fair · Narrative · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.12/hr
- ReviewsA
- 91% of 5,737
- Critics
- 62 players 29 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 9% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 3.2h
- To 100%
- 4.2h 1.3x the story
- Achievements
- 22
Price and sales
- Sales
- 61 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 June 2024
- Sale every
- 52d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
88% start to 15% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 61 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 9 percent. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Blackwell Legacy ($4.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Little Nightmares ($19.99, scores 62).
More about Contrast
The press gave it 62; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 29-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 393 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 480 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
At 3.2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 29 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Short and honestly super sweet. I kinda loved the whole package that Contrast is. It's essentially a 3D/2D platformer and puzzle game, and you make use of Dawn's shadow shifting abilities to go into 2D mode for sections. But the amount of character that Contrast has, it doesn't feel like it's specifically trying to be any type of game, but just telling a story with a lot of heart. The story being about a girl who...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Contrast is such a wonderful game, it's filled with passion, beauty and amazing set pieces. This game is a love letter and a beautiful artistic expression to the vaudevillian and noir aesthetic of the 1920s and with a beautiful song and soundtrack accompanying it, it really brings that noir-burlesque aesthetic to life, it really is stunning visually and I adore it for that. I happened to accidentally stumble on the...
The game has an interesting artstyle and I think it aged well to due it's strong art direction, the platforming and puzzles are pretty fun... when you actually get to play the game. I swear it felt like the game was 20% gameplay and 80% cut scenes... like at some point I just started skipping all of them because I wanted to play the game instead of just sitting there. I don't think the game is bad at all but all...
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About the game
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Contrast scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/224460/contrastReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.