New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls Collector's Edition
Worth it · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 5.1h 5.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.98/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 252 positive
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What drives the score
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About the game
As a journalist, Laura James is again brought in to investigate a strange murder. What starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a dark turn. New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls is an adventurous hidden object game with puzzles and mini-games.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 901 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.44, set in June 2018. Across all 20 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 12 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. The nearest things to it, Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood ($14.99, scores 72) and Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan ($14.99, scores 70), are both worse buys on this math.
The drop-off
88% start to 8% 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
WILL HAS MADE IT INTO THIS ONE! He might be SHAGGIER... BUT HE HAS AN AWESOME WEAPON! Which is used only once and we can't see him use it... D: They did give us the gift of watching him from behind as he walked in the Bonus Game... Which wasn't really useful... Except for that part!!! And okay, you need it for Achievements. Eheheh. Otherwise the game is still fine. I like these supernatural investigative stories...
1 more review
When a strange murder leads Laura James, a journalist working for a secret order, to recognize the murderer as the recently deceased husband of the victim, she never expected to investigate about undeads and the Reaper itself... Third in the trilogy of New York Mysteries, Laura is now dealing with a classic theme: undeads. Before diving into the story, let me just recap the overall plot of the series. Laura is...
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Cite this score
New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls Collector's Edition scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/511140/new-york-mysteries-the-lantern-of-souls-collector-s-editionReviews 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 16. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.