Puzzle Agent
Worth it · Action · 2010
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99. Typically $1.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.47/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 2,849
- Critics
- 70 players 19 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 3.4h
- To 100%
- 4.1h 1.2x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 78 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 November 2020
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 4 now
- Cheaper than
- 51% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 78 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping ($9.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Puzzle Agent 2 ($4.99, scores 71).
More about Puzzle Agent
Critics scored it 70. Players sit 19 points higher at 89 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
None of the 351 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 168 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
At 3.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.
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
Good game. Charming story. Some funny bits. PUZZLES. Some puzzles are genuinely pretty hard and I really ended up needing the hints. A few puzzles are a cake walk though. Some good variety in the puzzles, but there are some repeats with a harder challenge. Story is cool, but nothing life changing. Solid little game, I had fun.
2 more reviews
super charming and ridiculous puzzle game with a cool mysterious story and neat characters, one of my favorites, can't wait to try PA2
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Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card, 215 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Puzzle Agent scores 76/100 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/31270/puzzle-agentReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.