Adventure of a Lifetime
Worth it · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $12.99, a BANGER if it drops to $10.55.
- Length
- 3.8h 5.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.42/hr
- Reviews
- 97% of 889 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $10.55 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
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About the game
I'm going to get it back! The important treasure that has sunk in the ocean! Set in the southern island World Heritage Site, Ogasawara Islands, a city boy, a runaway girl and a local girl meet in summer, sparking the growth and deepening of love and friendship.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD graphics or higher (VRAM 512MB), 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
92 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $10.55. The record reaches that level 91 times.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including The Sims™ 3 ($19.99, scores 67) and Tree Simulator 2022 ($5.99, scores 76).
More about Adventure of a Lifetime
Steam's global achievement data puts 39 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 313 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
57% start to 39% 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
A short relaxing VN abut first love and a treasure hunt on a paradise island. A teenage adventure story for the younger audience and idyllic childhood reminescence for the older. Well done graphicaly and with voice acting, It has its own unique music complementing the story very well. More like family friendly story with some fan service than an existential drama. What I liked a lot is that the actual locations...
2 more reviews
Adventure of a Lifetime is a short and sweet, mostly lighthearted, fun, summery visual novel. For summer vacation, the protagonist Hiroki returns to Ogasawara (a real-life island chain over 500 miles southeast of mainland Japan) for the first time in four years. There, he reunites with his childhood friend Chisa, and also meets runaway Emily. Hiroki learns that Emily is searching for a wedding ring her parents lost...
Short visual novel about islands and dolphins. The TIPs featured were underutilised but game is still fun to read. Chisa's route is good.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Adventure of a Lifetime scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/820730/adventure-of-a-lifetimeReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.