The Silver Case
Worth it · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 14.6h
- Value
- $1.37/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater, 7 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in September 2024. 82 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Loco Motive ($17.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Adventure Escape Mysteries (free, scores 63).
The press gave it 64; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 25-point gap in the buyer's favour.
2 of the 385 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
54% start to 5% 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 Silver Case was initially released for the Playstation 1, in Japanese only, though, by now, is out in languages you actually speak, on platforms you actually own, including, but not limited to, Steam, the Switch and the PS4. Silver Case's gameplay is described pretty easily: It's a visual novel. There is some minor navigation of 3D environments and some very rudimentary puzzle solving that may, if you're...
Every conversation in this game is like: "Sumio, doesn't this remind you of...?" "What do you mean, Kusabi?" "I don't know..."
Started this as homework for understanding the references in Travis Strikes Again, ended up crazy intrigued by the story on it's own. Cool and stylish visual novel that leaves you thinking about what the hell you just went through.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Silver Case scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/476650/the-silver-caseReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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