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Skip · Narrative · 2017

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 35, under the fair line, at $29.99.

Length
6.9h
Value
$4.35/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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Length
6.9h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
11.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$4.35
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$29.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
5,933 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
78
critic score
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2017

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 660 / AMD R9 270, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Description from the Steam store page.

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$4.35/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length6.9 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 600 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in January 2026. 27 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 46 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 64 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Apsulov: End of Gods ($19.99, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats ECHO ($24.99, scores 34).

2 of the 600 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 502 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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>observer_ scores 35/100 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/514900/observer
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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 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players0
Critics
78
Players
78
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 5,933 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBloober Team SA
PublisherBloober Team
GenreNarrative
Released2017