Tardy
Fair · Narrative · 2018
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $6.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.2h 3.3h to 100%
- Value
- $2.18/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 227 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.86 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Tardy is a quest about fiddling with computers, terminals gadgets and other hi-tech scrap of all sorts. Deal with crazy machines, solve the mystery of the crew disappearance and help Ramto to come back home!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X9.0c Compatible Card, 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 66 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Gemini Rue ($9.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats VirtuaVerse ($14.99, scores 53).
More about Tardy
Steam's global achievement data puts 43 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
82% start to 43% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
This is one of the games where I'd really like Steam's rating not to be so binary... there are many reasons for a thumbs up, and just as many for thumbs down. I eventually chose the thumbs up after a long internal struggle, but notice I would NOT recommend this at full price at all. First of all, don't be fooled by the gorgeous old school screenshots as I was: this is NOT a traditional point'n click adventure, so...
2 more reviews
Tardy, developed by One Wing Cicada and published by Drageus Games S.A., is a thoughtful and atmospheric sci-fi adventure that merges point-and-click puzzle solving with a minimalistic narrative about isolation and discovery. The game places you in the shoes of Ramto, an engineer who awakens alone aboard a derelict spaceship drifting through the void. There is no crew, no clear mission, and no obvious way home-only...
TardyShort is a nice adventure game. The story is simple but touching and the puzzles are uniques and original. The pixels graphics are great and the ambiant is very good. I recommend it!!! ❤️
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tardy scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/815000/tardyReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.