Last Word

Last Word

Fair · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
4.5h 9.3h to 100%
Value
$2.22/hr
Reviews
82% of 417 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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

Raising the score
Engagement4% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$2.22/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews82% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 81% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 53 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

In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 1024x768 or better video resolution in High Color mode, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 73 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 14 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Grimm's Hollow (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Not Tonight ($19.99, scores 52).

More about Last Word

Critics scored it 67. Players sit 15 points higher at 82 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 4 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

Finishing takes 4.5 hours; clearing it takes 9, which is 2.1 times the campaign.

The drop-off

14% start to 4% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

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

What players say

The discourse system is super clever and just complex enough for the short game, generating two resources to spend for movement with a rock-paper-scissors tone system driving the conversions. Using one tone requests the opponent to use an opposing tone as it damages composure to make movement easier, so early battles center around controlling a 50 power to 60 tact conversion, while unlocked skills reveal a new...
Garvey ParvenuRecommendedafter 11hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
I like the mystery and the way the different characters are written. The fighting system is challenging and can be quit difficult (compare to classic fighting systems with health). Pro: -unique fightsystem ( paper, scissors, rock concept + scale) -get experience by examinethe rooms + talking to people con: -a lot of level grinding at some point -grinding level experience in fight isn´t fun
MooncatRecommendedafter 5.4hAug 2026Read on Steam
A fun little game with an interesting combat system, a nice story, and a lot of character.
ArtemisRecommendedafter 9.0hJun 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Last Word scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/355530/last-word
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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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+15
Critics67
Players82
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 417 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperTwelve Tiles
PublisherTwelve Tiles
GenreRPG
Released2015
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements9