Still Life 2

Still Life 2

Skip · Narrative · 2011

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $7.99.

Length
10.3h 13.9h to 100%
Value
$0.78/hr
Reviews
44% of 577 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.78/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews44% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 46% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 226 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

About the game

Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson. In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Ellen Dunnigan's body has just been found.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX compatible graphics card with 128MB memory, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 108 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Still Life ($7.99, scores 58) outscores it, and so does Adventure Escape Mysteries (free, scores 63). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Still Life 2

The press liked it more than its buyers did, 67 against 44 percent.

None of the 226 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.

What players say

I like the game and the continuation of the story. I like the new elemens like the forensic kit, the phone, changes in gameplay and Paloma and Victoria. Only i am stuck at the 'blackscreen on the stairs after the computer' problem. I tried everything i can find on the internet. Compatibility modes, different routes and it will just not work. And i dont want someone elses savegame. I am suprised some people finished...
wilbertkestelooNot recommendedafter 19h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Standalone review (not comparing to the first game): A whodunit that takes too much from TV magic (think CSI) to progress the story while not providing much of a whodunit to solve. You spend an extremely long time in a single location attempting to solve the "mystery", with flashbacks that will make no sense unless you've played the first game. Concepts start in the Saw genre, which could have been interesting if...
RavynstormNot recommendedafter 12hMar 2026Read on Steam
20 hours of pure bliss, this game is waay harder than the first and my notepad is loaded and happy :3
JuliaRecommendedafter 21hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Still Life 2 scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/46490/still-life-2
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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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-23
Critics67
Players44
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 577 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMicroids
PublisherMicroids
GenreNarrative
Released2011
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate