Dark Arcana: The Carnival
Fair · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.6h 5.1h to 100%
- Value
- $5.77/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 765 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.60 or less.
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
Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB VRAM, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
102 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 16 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden ($14.99, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52).
The drop-off
53% start to 9% 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
Fond memories, I used to play this game alll the time when I was a sprout. It's short but it's fun. The art is just stunning I've always been a huge fan of the work that goes into these games. If you like hidden object games I do recommend, although 15 is a lil pricy for about 2 or so hours of gameplay, get it on sale
1 more review
If you like mild horror and puzzle games this is for you, it's also my childhood
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Dark Arcana: The Carnival scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/284730/dark-arcana-the-carnivalReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.