Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed
Skip · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Length
- 2.9h 3.4h to 100%
- Value
- $2.41/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 747 positive
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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
The ex-priest James Murphy answers a mysterious call for help from his friend Cristoforo. The disappearance of a briefcase containing compromising documents convinces James that his friend is a victim of something sinister. The Vatican's involvement inspires James to get to the bottom of this mystery.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 104 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 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 45 percent on value. Among the games that feel like it, Stories Untold ($9.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Twelve Minutes ($7.49, scores 33).
The drop-off
15% start to 6% 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
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 22:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Along the years, I've played many questionable point & click adventure games, simply because it's one of my favourite genres. So, I decided to also give this one a go. Sadly, it disappointed me more than I had expected. I still enjoyed it just enough to want to play the next act, but the bad really outweighs the good here. The good bits are some of the music, a few of the static backgrounds from the streets of Rome...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Before you buy you need to realize this is NOT completed. Episode 3 is not out, and they have episode 4 planned. This is an episodic game where you have to buy the episodes separately. This came out in 2014, and second episode came out in 2015, it's been over 9 years waiting for Act 3. It's not a bad game, but it's a very short game, I know I didn't pay full price and I don't remember when I got the game, it's been...
Shadows on the Vatican: Act I - Greed is a narrative-focused point-and-click adventure that embraces mystery, conspiracy, and psychological drama instead of relying on fast-paced action. Developed by 10th Art Studio and Daring Touch, and published by Adventure Productions and Daring Touch, the game serves as the opening chapter of an episodic series inspired by real historical controversies surrounding the Vatican...
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Cite this score
Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed scores 35/100 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/286360/shadows-on-the-vatican-act-i-greedReviews 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.