Night in the Woods
BANGER · Narrative · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $9.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Dec 2016.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.12/hr
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 20,485
- Critics
- 88 players 7 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Narrative
Score at full price
Score today
Watch this gameAlready a BANGER on sale. Pick a lower price.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.9h
- To 100%
- 24.7h 2.8x the story
- Finish
- 42% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 31
Price and sales
- Sales
- 51 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $9.99 June 2020
- Sale every
- 56d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 82 now
- Recent reviews
- 94% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 6% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
71% start to 42% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in June 2020. 51 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Unforeseen Incidents ($11.99, scores 66) and Pentiment ($19.99, scores 82).
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $12.29.
More about Night in the Woods
Steam's global achievement data puts 42 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 613 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 8.9 hours; clearing it takes 25, which is 2.8 times the campaign.
At 8.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
One of the best most meaningful games I have ever played, Mae is so deeply relatable and comforting. It really helps with the big old sad. Thanks to the devs for this game! <3
2 more reviews
very relatable game, i am also a 20 year old jobless loser who can't deal with being an adult suddenly. helps me deal with not wanting to grow up. strikes a good balance between painful realism and fun game things, i like playing bass
This game SHOULD be rated Overwhelmingly positive. It is an extremely cute game with a simple art style, amazing dialogue and characters, and a lot of fun moments and replayability. If the main loop of it is boring to you (running around and reading dialogue in the 2D world) then you won't like this, but if you're willing to deal with it, this game is amazing and wonderful.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Night in the Woods scores 89/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/481510/night-in-the-woodsReviews 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 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.