3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure

3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure

Fair · Narrative · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Fair at $14.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2024. Buy it now if you want it.

Length
18.8h 55.4h to 100%
Value
$0.80/hr
Reviews
86% of 280 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Full price

Fair$24.99

Today

−40%Fair
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.80/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $1.33/hr
Engagement14% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 84% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 224 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Radeon HD 7750 or equivalent | GeForce GT 640 or equivalent, 6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

December 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $14.99. Across all 24 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 5 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lil' Guardsman ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Return to Monkey Island ($24.99, scores 65).

More about 3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure

Steam's global achievement data puts about 14 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 18.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 224 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to July 2026.

Finishing takes 18.8 hours; clearing it takes 55, which is 2.9 times the campaign.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.

The drop-off

96% start to 14% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 05:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

If you grew up on Monkey Island or Day of the Tentacle, this is the high-definition love letter you've been waiting for. It captures that classic "Golden Era" spirit while actually fixing the frustrations of the 90s. The Breakdown Pros: Visual Masterclass: Stunning hand-painted art that looks like a high-budget 1940s cartoon. Smart Puzzle Design: Say goodbye to "moon logic." The puzzles are logical...
The KittenRecommendedafter 25hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
3 Minutes to Midnight is one of the most whimsical and zany games I've ever played. I enjoyed it more than almost any other game I've played in recent years! I just finished my first playthrough and discovered that the game has four additional endings besides the one I got. I'm already heading into my second playthrough. What really baffles me is that some people gave this game negative reviews. Even worse, some of...
Sam CollinsRecommendedafter 19h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Completed 3 Minutes to Midnight last year, spent around 20 hours, and I enjoyed it. A fun and humorous point-and-click with a light tone that works well throughout. The puzzles are varied and kept me engaged, and the overall flow makes it easy to keep playing. The story is strong, with good humor and engaging characters that kept me interested all the way through, even with a relatively long playtime for the genre...
KlokkisRecommendedafter 21hApr 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure scores 67/100 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/832500/3-minutes-to-midnight-a-comedy-graphic-adventure
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Reviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+5
Critics81
Players86
Metacritic critics · 280 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperScarecrow Studio
PublisherScarecrow Studio
GenreNarrative
Released2024
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements60