Archimedes
Skip · Short indie · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 1.3h 2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.53/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 213 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- 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
About the game
After you purchase and install Archimedes, an old operating system appears to be running, and a strange man asks for your help as you start to discover the terrible secrets behind the game.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1366 x 768 Resolution, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 21 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles (free, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats The Purring Quest ($9.99, scores 46).
More about Archimedes
Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 121 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 68 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
Archimedes is a psychological horror adventure developed and published by Joshua Hughes that takes an unconventional approach to storytelling by transforming a seemingly ordinary desktop interface into the centerpiece of its mystery. Instead of guiding players through familiar haunted locations or relying on constant danger, the game presents an aging computer operating system where every file, folder, and...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Spoiler tags for developers. Don't look until you finish. Short but sweet experience. I do love these kinds of games. I wouldn't classify it as Horror, but the Detective aspect certainly fits. I personally think everything you do on a regular computer should be implemented into the game somehow. Eventually things outside this game will be updated to a point where the game will either need updates to go along with...
It's a decent for the two and a half dollars I paid, but it felt rather lacking overall. For one thing, the game's premise is awesome. I love the idea of browsing a haunted, or virus-ridden OS with bugs you have to work around. However, that premise is shattered the minute you boot up the game and get the message from the "User". Then it quickly becomes one of those games where the plot is driven by the fake...
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Cite this score
Archimedes scores 49/100 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/530920/archimedesReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.