The Samaritan Paradox
Skip · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 6.6h 7.1h to 100%
- Value
- $0.30/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 273 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of memory, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
77 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 51 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 86 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 72 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. The Rewinder ($14.99, scores 71) and The Darkside Detective ($14.99, scores 67) both outscore it.
The drop-off
20% start to 4% 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
Much older point and-click game, it's not bad, the puzzles are pretty fun and worth a play if you can get it on sale.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
fantastic game, but HORRIBLE HORRIBLE SAVING!!! it makes me angry, i lost 2 hours of progress
Everything is so wrong. there's no menu, so i cant save, i have to start over if i exit and if i make a mistake in the game there are irreversible things, for example, i have to pour water from the well in the bowl, and i poured water from the sink, its imposible to progress now SO I HAVE TO START OVER ALL THE GAME FROM THE BEGINNING. something is 100% odd.
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Cite this score
The Samaritan Paradox scores 31/100 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/283180/the-samaritan-paradoxReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.