Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive

Skip · Short indie · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $1.99.

Cost per hour▼
$1.24/hr
Reviews▼
38% of 531
Genre rank
Top 100% Short indie

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
1.6h

Price and sales

Sales
81 on record
Typical cut
51% off
Steam low
$0.15 December 2015
Sale every
44d last November 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.15 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
67% of its genre
Better reviewed
1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 81 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 51 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.

It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. The Mirror Lied (free, scores 67) outscores it, and so does Yume Nikki (free, scores 87). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Eaten Alive

Inside the two-hour refund window, 36 percent of the 162 reviews written there were positive, against 38 percent overall, and those are 48 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3 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

Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.24/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 41% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 53 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

The permadeath sounds like a good idea...until touch a zombie, die, have to watch a game over screen that takes far too long to get through, and then start over right back at the beginning. Starting over means doing the exact same things you already did in the same order you already did them. If there were randomized elements or at least some sort of checkpoint system it would make the game enjoyable. Think of it...
Leveled_upNot recommendedafter 1.2h234 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This is a first-impressions review (I only played 1 hour of the game because of bugs, problems, and how dull the game feels in it's current state) [*] Do you like menus with bad controls? [*] Do you enjoy games that alt tab doesn't work in them? [*] Is 3:4 resolution your bread and butter? If you answered yes to all of the above, this might be the game for you! All memes aside, these are the game's pro s and cons of...
GoodguyMcdickensNot recommendedafter 1.1h55 found this helpfulRead on Steam
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 3.4hJan 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Eaten Alive is a Point and Click, Adventure, Horror game with Puzzle and Mystery game-play elements. Take control of 'Mia' six years after the apocalypse began, the dead don't stay dead and the earth is in a permanent state of darkness. This game contains adult themes.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, DirectX 9.0 Compatible, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Eaten Alive scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/403560/eaten-alive
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Reviews 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 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperSpace Cat Studios
PublisherBack To Basics Gaming
GenreShort indie
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate