I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Fair · Action · 2023
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.1h 10.7h to 100%
- Value
- $4.90/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 645 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.99 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
About the game
Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 32 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 5 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 11 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. On the same math I Expect You To Die ($24.99, scores 56) and I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar ($24.99, scores 57) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
4 of the 347 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2023 to August 2026.
5.1 hours to finish it, 11 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
76% 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
Cite this score
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine scores 53/100 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/2296380/i-expect-you-to-die-3-cog-in-the-machineReviews 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.