Follow the meaning
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99, a BANGER if it drops to $2.64.
- Length
- 1.2h
- Value
- $4.16/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 40% ($2.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 44% ($2.79)
- Last discount ended
- 94 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
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 $2.49, set in November 2025. It has been discounted 12 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 13 weeks ago. Past sales have already crossed the $2.64 BANGER line once.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Rusty Lake: Roots ($3.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Creepy Tale 2 ($9.99, scores 57).
This site sampled 361 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 533 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 54 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
91% start to 10% 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
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 19:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Good walking, point and click mystery story game with some really weird but fun elements. Somewhat easy to get all the achievements. Multiple endings on a short game are always fun. The hand drawn art adds to it's quirkiness. It was an enjoyable way to take a break and get a game in.
The game is a click and point adventure puzzle game. There are some puzzles that are more difficult than others but it's mostly observation and memory puzzles. If you struggle with memory puzzles then you can always use the screenshot tool to help you. Story wise the game is sorta esoteric and little unsettling. It's not a horror game but can bit a little creepy. I'd recommend this game if you get it on sale. Just...
Short point and click game, fun storyline, the achievement is cute (finding cats etc)!!!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Follow the meaning scores 74/100 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/2720280/follow-the-meaningReviews 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 2.
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