Stranded In Time
Skip · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $4.99.
- Length
- 1.4h
- Value
- $3.56/hr
- Reviews
- 78% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Pixel Shaders 2.0 compatible GPU, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Stranded In Time takes you on a fun and exciting adventure to explore a mystery out of this world! Play as Olivia - a young woman from a big city - who joins her uncle Peter and writer Nick on an exploration of an abandoned church that hides a secret beyond any wild dream!
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The value story
December 2022 is where it bottomed out, at $0.28. It has been discounted 84 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 51 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 3 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 30 percent on value. It is cheaper than 60 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Age ($14.99, scores 42).
Players
75 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
Stranded In Time is a story-driven point-and-click adventure that embraces a traditional design philosophy, prioritizing mystery, exploration, and puzzle-solving over modern streamlining. Developed by DQ Team in collaboration with Hidden Hallow Studio and published by Valkyrie Initiative, the game feels like a deliberate throwback to classic graphic adventures, aiming to recreate the slower, more contemplative...
This thrilling time-travel adventure lets you hop through eras solving mysteries and battling anomalies ⏳! Immersive puzzles, stunning visuals, and epic quests make every journey unforgettable. A must-play for history buffs!🕰️
What an actual piece of ♥♥♥♥. I had some fun at the beginning but in the middle-end bit, where you're locked in the mountain, the game keeps giving the same stupid door hint which has no use to anyone, and that's where I got really pissed off. A complete waste of my time and even though I bought it with a coupon for £0.22, I still feel ♥♥♥ scammed.
Player reviews from Steam: the most helpful all-time, plus the newest that clear the same quality bar, with the hours each player had put in when they wrote it. The mix of Recommended and Not recommended follows the game's Steam ratio. Rotates daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Stranded In Time scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/385150/stranded-in-timeThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 23, price as of Sep 24.
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