Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- ReviewsS
- 98% of 221
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Narrative
Holding it back: Reach
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.5h
- To 100%
- 0.6h 1.2x the story
- Finish
- 75% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 7
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
91% start to 75% 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
Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? ($14.99, scores 69) and We Were Here (free, scores 76).
More about Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
Steam's global achievement data puts 75 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 0.5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
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
About the game
This is a small free prequel to the Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. An old cabin deep in the dense forest, a strange computer, and a game that's trying to kill you!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: Video card with 2GB of VRAM, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface scores 80/100 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/2875280/is-this-game-trying-to-kill-me-prefaceReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.