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Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.79, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Nov 2024.
- Length
- 1.6h
- Value
- $2.99/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 20% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 20% ($4.79)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
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What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $4.79. That was December 2024. 11 discounts in the 2 years on record. They run about 20 percent off, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today's $4.79 at 20 percent off matches the lowest price in the record. The math puts its BANGER price at $3.06. No recorded sale has reached it yet.
At full price it scores 74. The current cut is what makes it a 77.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Tacoma ($19.99, scores 49) and Gone Home ($14.99, scores 39) both come in lower.
4 of the 367 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 603 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 63 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
Points for uniqueness. And I do think there's a complete story here, so I'll give it the thumbs up. It does feel like it unfortunately leaves a ton on the table for exploring the concept. A lot of the game's runtime is just how much time you want to spend reading logs, honestly it's a really small environment. I think the choice to have so many jokes in the writing really undercuts the tension that the game wants to...
A very unique horror game that takes some time to get used to, but is quite enjoyable.
its a short game, but its 6 dollars, and it really captures the feeling of being trapped in a capitalist hellscape where just doing your job is ethically dubious and the truly moral and right choice is completely unavailable to you by design. if you've got a bit of time, this costs less than a meal at a fast food restaurant. and the experience is much better than a 10 pc nugget with fries. also spoiler: the eldritch...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
PROXIMATE scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2957800/proximateReviews 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 2.
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