Oxenfree
Worth it · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $4.58.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.22/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 12,124
- Critics
- 80 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 6% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.58 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.5h
- To 100%
- 13.2h 2.9x the story
- Finish
- 44% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 13
Price and sales
- Sales
- 52 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 February 2021
- Sale every
- 45d last January 2025
Players and genre
- Online
- 4 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
50% start to 44% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 52 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $4.58, a level the record has reached 15 times.
Its score sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Unavowed ($14.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Mists of Aiden ($6.99, scores 69).
More about Oxenfree
The press gave it 80; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. An 11-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 44 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. 4 of the 723 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, 63 percent of the 684 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.5 hours. Doing everything runs 13, 2.9 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 648 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
What players say
Literally the game that got me into playing video games, not just watching. And is pretty much the reason for my whole personality. It possesses such an eerie sense of anemoia. The characters are lovable and so distinct. Truly, this game has left a lasting impression on my heart, and I'll always carry it with me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1GB Shader Model 3.0 Compatible (DirectX 9.0c), 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Oxenfree scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/388880/oxenfreeReviews 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 Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.