1953 - KGB Unleashed
Skip · Narrative · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 5, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 2.6h 3.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.15/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 651 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 41 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Geforce 6800 / ATI X1650 (min. MB 256 VRAM), 696 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 68 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 6 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 78 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Draugen ($19.99, scores 29) outscores it, and so does Fingerbones (free, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
What players say
The game is atmospheric. I enjoyed playing it. It also reminded me the teenage years of my life. In the beginning, I was able to solve the tasks by myself, but then the puzzles became obscure, and I had to lean heavily on the walkthrough. I bought the game at a 80% off discount, and it is a steal.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Gameplay and puzzles? Meh. Absolutely meh. Cutscenes are annoying too. But holy, the atmosphere and the setting is based asf! Takes a W from me.
I really liked the menu screen for this game, that was my favorite part. I did NOT like the documents you pick up in this game, for the most part they were really boring. Sometimes the documents were important to progressing through the game though. A lot of stuff you need in this game is hard to find. In one part there are some batteries you need to pick up, but they are tucked on a poorly lit shelve in the...
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Cite this score
1953 - KGB Unleashed scores 5/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/248490/1953-kgb-unleashedReviews 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.