Stairs
Skip · Action · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 21, under the fair line, at $12.99.
- Length
- 3.1h 4.5h to 100%
- Value
- $4.19/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 364 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $1.29 (90% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
About the game
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NvidiaGeforce 9600GT, ATI Radeon 4670HD or equivalent, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 77 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 73 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Beast Inside ($24.99, scores 48) beats it on value, while it beats Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs ($19.99, scores 20).
The drop-off
57% start to 2% 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
Loved this game! It was quite exciting, the ambient is really scary and you lose trust very easily, The puzzles are something to think, and the story is pretty good.. Although I wasn't a big fan of the ending, But either way!! I LOVED IT.. Would really recommend it! (:
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This is a horror-themed Walking Sim. It's psychological, immersive, dark, and suspenseful. There are a few minor attempts at jump-scares, but they probably won't frighten anybody over the age of ten, so I don't think it classifies as a true horror game. There is only one section, in the mines, where " monsters " will chase you, but they don't see too well in the dark, and thus are actually quite easy to avoid. In...
This game is broken. I should have read the discussions before buying this game. It crashes repeatedly, and the achievements are glitched, so some of them are impossible to get even if you earn them. People have been complaining about these issues for six years, but they've never been fixed. I advise against buying this game.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Stairs scores 21/100 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/374060/stairsReviews 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.