The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Skip · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 1.9h
- Value
- $7.89/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon R9 290. Windows only.
Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.
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
It has never been cheaper than $4.99. That was November 2017. 27 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 9 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 26 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Red Matter ($13.74, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Myst ($34.99, scores 44).
Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 444 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 44 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 4, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
92% start to <1% 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
What players say
I got to stop buying old VR games.. They don't hold up at all nowadays. I'm sure this was good when it came out 7 years ago but now VR has evolved way beyond this game. The graphics are outdated and so is the gameplay. Puzzles are very simple and straight forward except the last one. That one was frustrating. First I had to search for 2 numbers from a lab with randomly floating objects. I tried to catch them but to...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed scores 46/100 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/270130/the-gallery-episode-1-call-of-the-starseedReviews 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 26, price as of Sep 29.
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