The Shattering
Skip · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$19.99Skip
On its price record
$13.57Fair
- Length
- 3.1h 6.3h to 100%
- Value
- $6.45/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 330 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $13.57 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each 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
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 265, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 37 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 29 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 ($2.99, scores 48) beats it on value, while it beats The Park® ($12.99, scores 19).
More about The Shattering
69 from critics against 86 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
1 of the 287 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026.
Finishing takes 3.1 hours; clearing it takes 6, which is 2.0 times the campaign.
At 3.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
68% start to 7% 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 wish there was an "Eh, Maybe" option instead of a simple yes or no. The game wasn't what I expected, which can be a good thing, but it also wasn't what I wanted which is less of a good thing. Was intrigued by the aesthetic design of the trailer and teaser pictures but in actuality it was a bit too blinding. I found myself wishing there was a way to lessen or outright turn off the instances of flashing lights...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Nah. I got it at 80% off, and for that it's fine as a time killer experience and achievement hunting game. As a psychological artistic story though, it's rather pretentious, and to call it a mystery is a stretch. I also don't like when you accidentally progress the story by not knowing which, say, room to explore last, and get locked out of things due to it. The game could really benefit from being able to replay...
At some points I got stuck inside a location for a long while and actually had to look up a guide to move on. Most items are really obviously placed and then for other items you have to hit this small pixel underneath a chair.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Shattering scores 45/100 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/596000/the-shatteringReviews 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.