Obduction
Skip · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 11.9h
- Value
- $2.52/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce 660 GTX w/1GB / AMD 7700 series w/1GB equivalent or better, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
December 2022 is where it bottomed out, at $5.99. 53 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, realMyst: Masterpiece Edition ($17.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Kairo ($4.99, scores 37).
This site sampled 578 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 268 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
73% start to 3% 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
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 23:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Awesome game for the money--great story line, excellent gameplay, and very atmospheric--just how I like it. Took me about a week or so to finish the main game, but there are a couple more achievements that can be unlocked after that. Cyan Worlds Inc. did another fantastic job making a game.
This game is an absolute masterpiece. It delivers 101% of the delight you might hope for if you imagine the Riven vibe was executed by the original creators in a science fiction format instead of a fantasy fiction format. Everything is absolutely on point: massive mysterious freely explorable and richly lived-in world, abstract emotive music stings that emerge at just the right times, and a sense of wonder as you...
I literally wanted to claw my face off for the last 60-70% of this game. The puzzles are mildly complex but exceedingly tedious. There is only so much walking back and forth to press the same buttons over and over that a person can take.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Obduction scores 43/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/306760/obductionReviews 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 20, price as of Oct 1.
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