Detective Grimoire
Worth it · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$6.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$1.3980% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.80/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 2,662
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.39 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 2.5h
- To 100%
- 3h 1.2x the story
- Finish
- 64% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 9
Price and sales
- Sales
- 83 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $1.39 November 2016
- Sale every
- 40d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 7 now
- Cheaper than
- 49% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
80% start to 64% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 83 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 98 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Agent A: A puzzle in disguise ($1.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Loco Motive ($10.79, scores 81).
More about Detective Grimoire
Steam's global achievement data puts 64 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 338 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 126 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 16 days ago.
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
I recommend this game because it lays a bit of storytelling groundwork for the 2 games that come after, "Tangle Tower" and "The Mermaid Mask" which are both fabulous! The improvement between this game and the next two was very satisfying to experience as well.
2 more reviews
Un court jeu (2h~) mais vraiment pas mal. Déjà, les graphismes ont un charme particulier, comme le style de dessin. Les animations sont super, et pareil pour le doublage ! Le mystère n'est pas insoluble mais c'est sympa d'aller et venir dans le marais. Ça donne envie de jouer au reste !
Very charming little detective game. Great cast with a good sense of humor. The voice acting really adds to the immersion.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, On-board graphics, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Detective Grimoire scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/272600/detective-grimoireReviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.