Blackbay Asylum
Skip · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $9.99.
- Length
- 6h
- Value
- $1.67/hr
- Reviews
- 57% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 MB dedicated video ram or better, 1.2 GB of storage. Windows only.
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
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How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.99. That was November 2016. 69 discounts in the 12 years on record. They run about 90 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. Kindergarten 2 ($14.99, scores 73) outscores it, and so does Scorn ($3.99, scores 49). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
What players say
I came across Blackbay Asylum while it was on sale. Being an avid horror lover, I figured why not give this game a chance; I am definitely not disappointed! I currently have nearly 5 hours on record while on Chapter 5, which for those unaware there are 10 Chapters included in the game. The graphics may not be the most amazing you have ever seen. However, you will not be disappointed as the game is packed with...
This is a lot of fun and quite criminally underrated. It does a good job of being a comedic piece while still being a good example of the genre it is making fun of, being horror. There are a few bugs though I never found one that stopped my progress. The whole game is puzzles and some of them are actually pretty high-brow, so be ready for that if you try it. Towards the end of the game, the chapters start getting...
Great horror game chapter 10 though ugh needed checkpoints I was going to finish this game but chapter 10 kept me from doing it.
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Blackbay Asylum scores 3/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/313140/blackbay-asylumThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 21, price as of Sep 24.
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