The Occupation
Skip · Narrative · 2019
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 6, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 6.2h
- Value
- $4.84/hr
- Reviews
- 60% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560 or equivalent, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
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 $8.99. That was May 2022. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 44 in the 8 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 96 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Scene Investigators ($24.99, scores 27) and Shadows of Doubt ($24.99, scores 59) both outscore it.
Critics scored it 68, but players land 8 points lower at 60 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
6.2 hours to finish it, 13 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
15% start to 2% 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
Cite this score
The Occupation scores 6/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/765880/the-occupationReviews 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 1.
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