Homicipher
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $13.99, a BANGER if it drops to $6.56.
- Length
- 2.8h
- Value
- $5.00/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
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
The value story
December 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $12.59. It has been discounted 12 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 10 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 13 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks. No sale on record has reached $6.56, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Oxenfree ($9.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats The Walking Dead: Season Two ($14.99, scores 59).
Of the 563 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 305 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
2.8 hours to finish it, 10 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.6 times the campaign.
Players
About 62 players at once, as of Sep 24.
Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
I originally bought Homicipher because I was interested in the language-decoding mechanic and the horror theme, but what really made me stay was the characters. Their personalities, development, and the way they interact with the protagonist ended up being the most memorable part of the game for me. Honestly, this game made me more sad than scared. Some of the endings hit much harder than I expected, especially...
THE visual novel for everyone who had a creepypasta obsession as a kid and never grew out of it (me) such a great horror themed vn
Never played a game like it before, and to be honest there may never be another like it. It's not complicated or exciting, it's just a good game dude.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Homicipher scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2302660/homicipherReviews 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 Aug 2, price as of Sep 24.
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