The Station
Fair · Narrative · 2018
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.8h
- Value
- $8.33/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 450 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in December 2023. It has been discounted 63 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 18 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Deliver Us The Moon ($24.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats Tacoma ($19.99, scores 49).
72 from critics against 86 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 57 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 373 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 316 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 32 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
89% start to 57% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
It's decent enough if you're craving a story-oriented sci-fi/space game. The exploration is actually fun, although some of the puzzles are tedious, and I experienced a bug where running didn't work at all. The story is decent enough, even if you foresee the twist.
HonestR Every room of the ship is maticolously design PROS -Unli stamina -Can Save anytime -No cancer achievements (Speedruns etc) -Relaxing game -Voice is soothing to hear -Free roam after finishing the game -Story is amazing CONS -Short game "Forget the humans. Forget the earth. You can't let them find us."
An above average walking sim with some puzzle elements an a compelling story. Short, but that's okay. It oesn't outstay it's welcome. Voice acting an graphics are top tier. A good game for dark room, and a quiet chill night.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Station scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/565120/the-stationReviews 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 1.
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