The Detail
Skip · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 4.1h 9.7h to 100%
- Value
- $0.73/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 682 positive
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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
About the game
The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
November 2017 is where it bottomed out, at $0.49. 41 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 83 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 49 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 68 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Beat Cop ($14.99, scores 51) and Gemini Rue ($9.99, scores 67) both outscore it.
More about The Detail
Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 123 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 27 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.1 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 2.4 times as long.
The drop-off
25% start to 2% 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
What players say
A decent enough visual novel with great artwork, though the animation feels stiff and awkward at times. The narrative isn't particularly unique, but it does make an effort to tell a captivating story-and occasionally succeeds. The characters are somewhat stereotypical, but that's to be expected in a murder mystery. The game is rather short and misses some opportunities to deliver a more engaging plot, but overall, I...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Hey, not boring "Point and Click" game is worth something, right? Espesially with such art
A mix of a quest game and a visual novel, but ends up being neither. The dialogues aren't voiced - just endless music, so dull and depressing that merely listening to it is enough to ruin the evening. And despite the game's simplicity, it still manages to crash. Definitely not recommended
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Cite this score
The Detail scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/319970/the-detailReviews 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 4. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.