A Case of Distrust
Skip · Narrative · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$14.99Skip
On its price record
$8.65Fair
- Length
- 2.8h 3.2h to 100%
- Value
- $5.35/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 614 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.65 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 4 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
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
71 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 4 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 31 percent on value. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, This Bed We Made ($24.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Erica ($11.99, scores 40).
More about A Case of Distrust
This site sampled 206 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026.
The drop-off
45% start to 10% 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
Stylistically gorgeous and as someone with two amber eyed cats I was delighted. Really enjoyable short mystery! I do have to emphasise how short it is though so keep that in mind with the price as there's no replayability. I got it on a heavy discount so I'm satisfied. Really hope there'll be a sequel as it's teased at the end.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
A Case of Distrust scores 43/100 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/717610/a-case-of-distrustReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.