9 Clues 2: The Ward
Fair · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.1h
- Value
- $4.84/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB VRAM, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
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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
The value story
October 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $0.99. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 91 in the 11 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 11 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan ($14.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek ($14.99, scores 57).
This site sampled 311 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
62% start to 12% 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
The game worked and had some good puzzles, so I will recommend this because that's not something you can always take for granted. However, it wasn't good. The story was awful, I didn't like the protagonist, and the "twist ending" with the psychopath turning out to be a psychopath was not even funny enough to justify itself.
This was a really good game and the storyline was really good. I will definitely be recommending this to others
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
9 Clues 2: The Ward scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/369420/9-clues-2-the-wardReviews 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 1.
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