Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Worth it · Narrative · 2011
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.74, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jan 2013.
- Length
- 7.1h 9.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.10/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 459 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 85% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 768 MB of memory, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
87 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.74 at 85 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, King's Quest (free, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Day of the Tentacle Remastered ($14.99, scores 72).
More about Runaway: A Twist of Fate
The press gave it 79; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Sep 29, 23:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Nice puzzles, not as hard as in Deponia Nice jokes, some decisions and twists really made me laugh I liked Road Adventure very much, this one recalled me of a great time I had while I was playing it
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Runaway: A Twist of Fate, developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Focus Entertainment, serves as both a conclusion to the Runaway trilogy and a tonal departure from its predecessors. From the opening moments, it announces its ambition with a dramatic hook: Brian Basco, the hero of earlier installments known for stumbling into trouble, is now framed for murder and presumed dead. Meanwhile, Gina Timmins receives...
"It's not easy doing this every single day... and getting a reaction." ~Roman Reigns Mistakes. It sucks making 'em. Especially when it's about public stuff and there's no way to pretend they never happened. There's also a good thing, though-the fact that we can learn from them. The biggest problem with Runaway 2 was that Pendulo didn't learn from the things they did wrong in the first one. Puzzles became more...
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Cite this score
Runaway: A Twist of Fate scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/58560/runaway-a-twist-of-fateReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.