Stranded
Skip · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $0.49.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.70/hr
- Reviews▼
- 39% of 550
- Genre rank
- Top 100% Narrative
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.7h
- To 100%
- 1.7h 2.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 88 on record
- Typical cut
- 51% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 May 2019
- Sale every
- 44d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 92% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 12, 23:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 88 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 51 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.49 at 51 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is cheaper than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Home ($4.99, scores 17) outscores it, and so does Fingerbones (free, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Stranded
Inside the two-hour refund window, 38 percent of the 263 reviews written there were positive, against 39 percent overall, and those are 79 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 0.7 hours. Doing everything runs 2, 2.4 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
Stranded, developed by Peter Moorhead and published by Curve Games, is an experimental adventure game that emphasizes atmosphere, exploration, and narrative interpretation over conventional gameplay mechanics. Released in May 2014, the game immerses players in a hauntingly desolate alien world, creating a sense of isolation and wonder that lingers long after the experience ends. Its minimalist design, both in...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I got it for a small price, my expectations weren't very high. I would only recommend it when it's on sale.
Stranded is a boring walking simulator with pixel graphics. A spaceship crashes on an unknown planet, and our task is to explore the map's surroundings and try to repair the ship. Walking is slow. It's boring, and there are no hints.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Stranded scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/295250/strandedReviews 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 Nov 2, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.