Tulpa
Skip · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 4, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 1.6h 2.3h to 100%
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 55% of 258 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1748 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, nVidia GeForce GT420 or AMD Radeon HD4650 with 512MB VRAM, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
34 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 250 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Manifold Garden ($19.99, scores 64) and The Unfinished Swan ($3.74, scores 65) both outscore it.
More about Tulpa
Steam's global achievement data puts about 11 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 1.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
The drop-off
23% start to 11% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
I will review this as a piece of art. The lack of context will make your fantasy flourish in very obscure ways, like it would when reading a book. It will probably (preferably) throw your mind in the same state a psychological thriller does, and the lack of textures will create a feeling of a barren and harsh world, which is the ultimate purpose of this game. You have to pay attention to the small details as well as...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tulpa scores 4/100 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/331340/tulpaReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.