Inked: A Tale of Love
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2.6h 5.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.84/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 325 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
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About the game
Inked is a narrative-driven puzzle game set in a world of beautiful ballpoint pen-drawn landscapes. Playing as the Nameless Hero, you will solve intriguing puzzles while searching for your love Aiko.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260X or equivalent with at least 1024 MB, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 42 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. On the same math LUNA The Shadow Dust ($19.99, scores 53) and Old Man's Journey ($9.99, scores 55) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Inked: A Tale of Love
Steam's global achievement data puts 25 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
54% start to 25% 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
This game is really pretty. The sketchy, ink style is so unique and the puzzles were all decently challenging! Each level also adds a new gimmick that kept the game fresh and interesting the whole way through! The narrative also went a direction I was not expecting and it made the experience all the better for it! I would definitely recommend!
1 more review
I'm very much on the fence about recommending or otherwise this game. On the positive side, It has a beautiful hand-drawn 3D view art style & shading, in which the two characters, the Hero and his love Aiko, though very small and without much detail, can communicate action & emotion (I particularly liked the way the Hero looks around while travelling on a moving platform in the Factory level). The puzzles, based...
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Cite this score
Inked: A Tale of Love scores 49/100 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/690120/inked-a-tale-of-loveReviews 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.