Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition
Skip · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $16.99.
- Length
- 0.7h
- Value
- $24.27/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 class GPU [1280 x 720], 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The official digital version of Hasbro’s classic mystery board game, Cluedo (Clue). Roll the dice and launch into a murder investigation. Whodunit? With what weapon? Where? You’ll need all your brain power to find the answers you need, as you race your friends and family to the truth!
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
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was November 2019. It has been discounted 84 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics ($2.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Ticket to Ride® ($14.99, scores 19).
Of the 596 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 9 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 392 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
0.7 hours to finish it, 15 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 21 times the campaign.
At 0.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
83% start to <1% 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
I would have been happy if this was literally just the board game, but it's so much more, and the online matching works great!
Cluedo is a fantastic game about murder, deduction, and watching my friend Cecil experience the worst luck known to mankind. Every game starts with Cecil confidently saying, "I've got this." Then he rolls a 1 and a 2, and suddenly he can't even make it to a room before everyone else has already solved half the murder. At this point, I'm not even trying to solve the murder. I'm just waiting to see what fresh disaster...
Marmalade's adaptation translates the classic board game well, but struggles with public multiplayer dynamics. The Gameplay (7/10) preserves the nostalgic deduction mechanics, elevated by an excellent automated clue sheet that tracks revealed evidence for you. The Presentation & Visuals (8/10) feature stylish 3D boards, animated characters, and atmospheric music. However, Multiplayer & Matchmaking (5/10) is heavily...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition scores 48/100 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/794800/clue-cluedo-classic-editionReviews 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.
A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.