Black Closet
Fair · RPG · 2015
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.9h
- Value
- $3.39/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 275 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.12 or less.
Buy now or wait
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
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 1366x768, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 104 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Back to the Dawn ($23.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Dragon Age™ Inquisition ($39.99, scores 39).
The drop-off
37% 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
its unfair on its normal difficulty, but that's the point. you're someone with little power and a lot of responsibility, who was elected to be a scapegoat. there is an easier difficulty setting too, which i appreciate. really good detective/management game, makes your choices seem really meaningful because sometimes there's no right answer, and sometimes the best course of action is to not investigate a mystery...
2 more reviews
Girls hide their secrets A dean must sort truth from lies School holds its own war
I just want to get the negatives out of the way first, the UI can get really annoying, it does get a bit repetitive, and some aspects (loyalty, scaling, reputation, traitor, romance) don't seem quite tuned enough... BUT I think it's got a really addictive gameplay loop so I don't mind the repetition, it's got really charming art/designs, and in general it's just got a really fun point & click system. I would love it...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Black Closet scores 59/100 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/400580/black-closetReviews 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.