Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Fair · Multiplayer · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $1.79. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $0.90/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.79, set in September 2026. It has been discounted 51 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 90 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Escape Simulator ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats We Were Here Together ($12.99, scores 56).
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 11 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 2,725 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 27 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Players
147 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 10:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Cool Game tbh. You have to communicate with your friend correctly to get the puzzles done. There are no Hints but thats okay cuz you dont need hints if can communicate correctly. Lovely game <3
This game was very fun. The puzzles are all possible but challenging. The story was very interesting but a bit sad. The fact that both people don't need internet access is very cool. 9/10 would definitely recommend.
A super creative and brillant game. The creators have infinite amount of brain cells, way more than me and my friend's combined. we struggled for almost 4 hrs and checked a 1 hr YouTube walkthough video several times. A wonderful hell experience cuz a lot of puzzles don't have sufficient guides. It's absolutely a worthy game if you want to toture your friend. I'd recommend this game cuz I had a lot of fun. I...
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Cite this score
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two scores 66/100 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/790740/tick-tock-a-tale-for-twoReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 25, price as of Oct 1.
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