The Search
Skip · Narrative · 2017
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 30, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.99/hr
- Reviews▼
- 73% of 1,387
- Genre rank
- Top 57% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.8h
- To 100%
- 1h 1.3x the story
- Achievements
- 9
Price and sales
- Sales
- 97 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $0.79 March 2025
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 72% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 39% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
68% start to 17% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 97 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 ($8.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Nephise Begins ($0.99, scores 11).
More about The Search
This site sampled 264 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 274 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 77 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Short, atmospheric experience that will take you on a introspective journey, filled with thought-provoking reflections and beautiful sounds and scenery.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Search scores 30/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/566190/the-searchReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.