Camera Obscura
Skip · Action · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.25/hr
- Reviews▼
- 72% of 1,537
- Genre rank
- Top 34% Action
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.1h
- To 100%
- 21.8h 2.7x the story
- Finish
- 6% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 45
Price and sales
- Sales
- 64 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.19 August 2015
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 82% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 41% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
43% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
64 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 34 percent. It is cheaper than 82 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Gunpoint ($9.99, scores 86) and Iconoclasts ($19.99, scores 59) both outscore it.
More about Camera Obscura
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 8.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 606 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 45 percent of everything written about it.
8.1 hours to finish it, 22 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.7 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.79 (60% off). Predictions like this were right 91% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
Camera Obscura is an indie puzzle-platformer created by Anteater Games and published by BindleBot together with the developer on Steam. The game blends classic side-scrolling platforming with a distinctive environmental manipulation mechanic built around photography. Rather than simply relying on jumping and reflexes, the game encourages players to think creatively about how the environment can be reshaped using a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Getting 100% started enjoyable then got hellish and un-fun towards the end. approximate amount of time to 100%: 10-25 hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 9/10 ( or 1/10 see spoilers below*) Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (stage select available) Multiplayer achievements: Working Steam Workshop Required!!!. Missable achievements: No. Grinding Achievements: Yes!!!. (gold in each level on flashes), others...
Some of the worst boring game design I have ever seen. Getting the medals was a nightmare.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Shader Model 2.0 or greater, 553 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Camera Obscura scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/341500/camera-obscuraReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.