Yomawari: Night Alone
Skip · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 5.2h
- Value
- $3.84/hr
- Reviews
- 75% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics Family (HD 4000), 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was September 2020. It has been discounted 69 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 41 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59) and The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries ($14.99, scores 38) both outscore it.
This site sampled 628 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 454 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 5.2 hours. Doing everything runs 32, 6.1 times as long.
At 5.2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
86% start to 4% 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
this game is just rage bait. haha. i thought i was gonna be fine since its so cute. I am pretty sure im almost done and Im honestly just finishing it out of spite. But only play this game if you like being extremely annoyed. the mechanics are just annoying. like why do they let you collect so many pebbles to only be able to use on a single type of ghost. everything else in the game is unphased by pebbles. why does...
I had no trouble playing this game back in 2023 but going back to 100% it in 2026? Nonstop crashes after a few minutes of playing. I spent an hour trying the various fixes in the guide section and online, nothing worked. It's apparently been a problem for most of the games lifespan on steam and the devs don't care enough about the game or it's players, who spent money on the game to fix anything. I may try to come...
This is my second Yomawari game, and it was a mistake. I think I would enjoy it more as the first one. I played Lost in the Dark before. They are like children's and adults' paintings. They are making the same things, but... you know. It's a raw gem. When you play all three games, you'll be sure which one was the oldest. I was not sure I wanted to finish it. In the end, I finished 100% in under 20 hours. I'm sure...
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Cite this score
Yomawari: Night Alone scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/477870/yomawari-night-aloneReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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