Kholat

Kholat

Skip · Narrative · 2015

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 15, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Cost per hour▼
$4.88/hr
Reviews▼
66% of 6,926
Critics
64 players 2 higher
Genre rank
Top 88% Narrative

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
4.1h
To 100%
7.3h 1.8x the story
Finish
9% reach the ending
Achievements
20

Price and sales

Sales
102 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$1.19 February 2025
Sale every
38d last October 2026
Lowest now $3.49 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.88 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
7 now
Cheaper than
6% of its genre
Better reviewed
12% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

24% start to 9% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 102 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.

It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Silver Chains ($24.99, scores 16) beats it on value, while it beats Anna - Extended Edition ($9.99, scores 6).

More about Kholat

Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 506 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, 48 percent of the 685 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 34 percent of everything written about it.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.1 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 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

Raising the score
Engagement9% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$4.88/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds4 of 506 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 470, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Kholat scores 15/100 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/343710/kholat
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Reviews 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 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+2
Critics64
Players66
Metacritic critics · 6,926 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperIMGN.PRO
PublisherIMGN.PRO
GenreNarrative
Released2015
Players3.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements20