The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Fair · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $8.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8h 16.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.12/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 619 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 24 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD3000 or comparable, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
45 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 81 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, SOMA ($29.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs ($19.99, scores 20).
More about The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Of the 271 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The main story runs 8 hours. Doing everything runs 17, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
86% start to 2% 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
I am posting this as a positive review, but I am going to focus on vital aspects that can make you hate the game. Then you can decide if you should buy it or not. 1) Mechanic This is a very interesting game with a mechanic that allows you to concentrate on the story. I did not find it difficult and strongly disagree with most of the negative reviews. Most of them were written out of lack of patience and inability to...
1 more review, not recommended
Not quite sure what they were aiming for with this game. The question system feels clunky and the overall pace of the game feels a little slow. The acting is solid so that is a plus. This game just missed the mark for me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/545540/the-infectious-madness-of-doctor-dekkerReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.