39 Days to Mars

39 Days to Mars

Skip · Narrative · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$13.39Skip

On its price record

$11.04Fair

Length
1.9h 5.4h to 100%
Value
$7.05/hr
Reviews
85% of 333 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Full price

Skip$19.99

Today

−33%Skip
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.04 or less.

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

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

Holding it back
Value$7.05/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $10.52/hr
Reviews85% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 83% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 161 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

Embark on the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship in this 2 player couch co-op adventure. 39 Days to Mars is a unique game designed to be played with a friend, where both players have important roles in the expedition. Solo players are aided by the computer-controlled ship's cat.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 645 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 84 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $13.39 at 33 percent off still sits 33 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.

On value it sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tick Tock: A Tale for Two ($5.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power ($4.39, scores 15).

More about 39 Days to Mars

71 from critics against 85 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 5, 2.8 times as long.

The drop-off

58% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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 isn't a puzzle game, it's an overcome-the-intentionally-frustrating-controls game. If you're into that, this game is for you!
Angry PhotonNot recommendedafter 1.1hFeb 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
39 Days to Mars scores 48/100 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/504920/39-days-to-mars
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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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+14
Critics71
Players85
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 333 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperIt's Anecdotal
PublisherIt's Anecdotal
GenreNarrative
Released2018
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements23