Paradigm
Fair · Narrative · 2017
The verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$14.99Fair
On its price record
$5.55BANGER
- Length
- 6h
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended), 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.
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
It has never been cheaper than $3.74. That was June 2022. It has been discounted 46 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 69 percent off, with about 11 weeks between sales. Past sales have already crossed the $5.55 BANGER line 27 times.
On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, McPixel 3 ($9.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Lost in Play ($19.99, scores 66).
Critics scored it 85. Players sit 9 points higher at 94 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 326 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
51% start to 6% 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
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 19:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
It's an okay point & click adventure game with a silly story and setting. It does manage to be funny at times, which is what it set out to do I guess. Serviceable, so a like, but some caveats: - the humour is a bit hit or miss. If it's not your thing, the rest of the game won't save it. - it's quite short. I'm usually not one to complain about games overstaying their welcome, but it can probably be done in 1 or 2...
Game ive had for a long long while that I finally decided to give a try. Interesting art style and very surreal plot. Point and click adventure game that is rather short but packs a bunch of jokes and memes into a decent gameplay experience. Worth a try
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Paradigm scores 67/100 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/600370/paradigmReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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