Gemini Rue
Fair · Narrative · 2011
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9970% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.43/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 1,903
- Critics
- 82 players 6 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 8% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 7h
- To 100%
- 11h 1.6x the story
- Finish
- 19% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 15
Price and sales
- Sales
- 60 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 November 2016
- Sale every
- 80d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 87% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
36% start to 19% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
60 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 8 percent. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Primordia ($2.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Tales of the Neon Sea ($16.99, scores 58).
More about Gemini Rue
Steam's global achievement data puts about 19 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. None of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 105 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Been sitting in my Steam library since 2011, has a very Blade Runner feel without feeling like a copy. The writing, atmosphere and world-building do a lot with very little, and I really got into the storyline. By the end I was pretty invested in finding out where everything was going. I got frustrated and stuck a few times, e.g. was I doing things in the right sequence and using the correct items (the obtuse...
2 more reviews
A pretty solid cyberpunk story that almost get lost in one of, if not the absolute worst UI system ever seen in a point and click game. I have no idea who thought that was a good idea or system. Add to that the absolutely garbage combat sequences thats a chore if you want the achievements for taking no damage (even if I was kind of stupid and never realized you could lower the difficulty...). The writing is alright...
It can't rain all the time... Gemini Rue is one of those rare games that lingers with you long after the credits roll. It blends classic point-and-click gameplay with a deeply atmospheric sci-fi narrative, creating an experience that feels both nostalgic and surprisingly fresh. What really stands out is the storytelling. The dual perspectives unfold in a way that keeps you curious, gradually connecting threads until...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, All DirectX compatible video cards, 696 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Gemini Rue scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/80310/gemini-rueReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.