New York Mysteries: High Voltage Collector's Edition
Fair · Narrative · 2016
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.4h 7.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.85/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 281 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.12 or less.
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
Fearless journalist Laura is again brought in to investigate strange murders taking place in New York. Immerse yourself in an exciting crime story and solve the mystery of a dangerous criminal surrounded by lightning!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 901 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
March 2018 is where it bottomed out, at $2.44. It has been discounted 22 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 12 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 10 percent on value. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala ($14.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek ($14.99, scores 57).
The drop-off
93% start to 7% 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 scientist on the cover (your Library Game Cover that is) could've sold the game alone. He is hot and I played the game... Hoping he would be like a side NPC that you come and talk to a few times. NAH. He is just an NPC... You see him at the end of the Main Story... Help him and... The game is over by then. SNIFF. Oh the game. Well, I liked the first one and this one... Yeah... This one was alright too. Except...
1 more review
Laura is back! After solving the mafia case, she's sent to investigate a series of strange murders. She discovers that it's a paranormal being that is behind these. Why? How can she stop that? This time, the story is revolving around a man whose execution has gone so bad that the authorities never spoke about it. That's how the game is beginning. So you have to find how he disappeared and how come it's related to...
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Cite this score
New York Mysteries: High Voltage Collector's Edition scores 63/100 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/392970/new-york-mysteries-high-voltage-collector-s-editionReviews 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 15. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.