The Rise of the Golden Idol
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $13.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Nov 2024.
- Length
- 11.6h
- Value
- $1.21/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 30% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 20% ($15.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 30% ($13.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4600, 2.4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
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
The lowest price on record is $13.99, set in March 2026. It has been discounted 14 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 20 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Today's $13.99 at 30 percent off matches the lowest price in the record. No sale on record has reached $9.32, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
This sale is doing real work. 72 at list, 78 today.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Case of the Golden Idol ($8.99, scores 85) beats it on value, while it beats Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer ($19.99, scores 70).
Of the 575 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to August 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,656 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 929 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 101 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 11.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
97% start to 24% 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
Players
43 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 14:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Lorthy bought The Rise of the Golden Idol and liked it so much that Season Pass was acquired. DLCs were also top notch so Lorthy heartily recommended the game. Everything is correct!
Higher production sequel to a fun game. Big improvement to the music in particular. Playing the first isn't required to understand but it enhances the experience. The scenarios are all cool pieces of animated art about murder and mayhem. Then you get words from the scene then try to figure it out drag and drop style. No pixel hunting. There's an in-game "hint" system to give you a sharp nudge if you can't figure it...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Rise of the Golden Idol scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2716400/the-rise-of-the-golden-idolReviews 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 Oct 2.
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