Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Worth it · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.17/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 15,615
- Critics
- 77 players 13 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.6h
- To 100%
- 9.7h 2.1x the story
- Achievements
- 27
Price and sales
- Sales
- 85 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 February 2021
- Sale every
- 44d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 9 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
38% start to 8% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 85 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games closest to it, Not For Broadcast ($24.99, scores 67) and Beholder 2 ($17.99, scores 66) both come in lower.
More about Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
77 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
3 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 71 percent of the 758 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.6 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 2.1 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 11 days ago.
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 is such a fun game to play! Such an amazing story and the drag-and-drop gameplay makes it so easy to interact. It feels like we're part of a real investigation as an IT guy. The multiple endings show how a security breach can be used in different ways, making the experience even more interesting and makes us want to play multiple playthroughs.
1 more review, not recommended
I could not keep on playing this game. After almost every click, you have the guy popping up with absolutely pointless and time wasting comments. I rage quit the game because of this and won't play it again! Also, compared to similar games I've played, like cyber manhunt, it feels very linear and with not a lot of freedom to explore. Sorry, it's a NO from me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GPU: DirectX 9 compatible, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/491950/orwell-keeping-an-eye-on-youReviews 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.