The 39 Steps
Skip · Narrative · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $0.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.24/hr
- Reviews▼
- 76% of 1,608
- Genre rank
- Top 27% Narrative
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.1h
- To 100%
- 4.9h 1.2x the story
- Achievements
- 20
Price and sales
- Sales
- 75 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 October 2021
- Sale every
- 58d last March 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 92% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 53% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
14% start to 8% 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 75 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 32 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 27 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 92 percent of its genre. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension ($10.39, scores 82) outscores it, and so does Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 227 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
🎮 My Completely Unnecessary Love Letter to The 39 Steps 🎮 WHAT IN THE CINEMATIC, TEA-SOAKED, EARLY-20TH-CENTURY BLACK MAGIC IS THIS THING? I launched The 39 Steps expecting a game. You know... a GAME. Buttons. Challenges. Puzzles. The occasional opportunity to commit harmless digital property damage. Instead I got dragged into one of the most captivating storytelling experiences I've ever had and now I'm standing...
1 more review
Got caught in a spy thriller just as I forgot my apartment keys - now I'm running on trains with a secret in my sock and suspect every man with tea. This game sticks like a rainy night detective novel.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9 512MB card, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The 39 Steps scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/234940/the-39-stepsReviews 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.