The Next Door
Skip · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $7.13/hr
- Reviews▼
- 49% of 1,128
- Genre rank
- Top 100% Narrative
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.7h
- To 100%
- 1.7h 2.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 67 on record
- Typical cut
- 51% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 September 2020
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 59% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 67 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Layers of Fear 2 (2019) ($19.99, scores 21) outscores it, and so does Call of the Sea ($19.99, scores 54). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The Next Door
Of the 366 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 191 reviews written there were positive, against 49 percent overall, and those are 49 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 0.7 hours; clearing it takes 2, which is 2.4 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 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
This game is trash, it is not worth the 3 Dollars I paid for it. Save your money for the background itself on the Steam Community Market. This game is a waste of time and we all got it just for the Background. Besides that, this game is beyond disappointment, it is just not worth the 2 hours I lost that I will never get back. Game's buns.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, 2 GB, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Next Door 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/447850/the-next-doorReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.