Three Minutes To Eight

Three Minutes To Eight

Skip · Narrative · 2023

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 27, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
5.2h
Value
$2.88/hr
Reviews
73% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Buy now or wait

The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.

Autumn Sale cooldown
None on record
Typical seasonal cut
90% ($1.49)
Last discount ended
6 days ago

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
5.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
7.3h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.88
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$14.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
73%
202 reviews, as of Sep 27
Players
10K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2023

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (or equivalent). Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

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Description from the Steam store page.

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
Engagement10% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Value$2.88/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews73% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 72% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Length5.2 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach10K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
Refunds2 of 128 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in February 2025. 30 discounts in the 3 years on record. They run about 90 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 6 days ago.

It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Amanda the Adventurer 2 ($4.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Home ($4.99, scores 17).

Steam's global achievement data puts about 10 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

47% start to 10% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 5.2-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Three Minutes To Eight scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2303320/three-minutes-to-eight
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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 27, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperChaosmonger Studio
PublisherAssemble Entertainment
GenreNarrative
Released2023
Achievements20