Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em
Skip · Short indie · 2008
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 26, under the fair line, at $0.99.
- Length
- 0.8h 3.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.24/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 388 positive
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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
Join poker's most outspoken players for a hand of Telltale Texas Hold'em, the card game stacked high with personality. Quips will fly, chips will fall, and you may just end up rolling in the aisles.This is your chance to play in a poker tournament against four characters of such lethal absurdity, you'll either die laughing or die trying.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 32MB 3D-accelerated video card. Windows only.
The value story
64 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 51 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 82 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers ($14.99, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition (Classic) ($29.99, scores 8).
More about Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em
Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 164 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 71 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 0.8 hours; clearing it takes 3, which is 4.0 times the campaign.
What players say
"Telltale's Texas Hold'Em" is a fun poker card game with interactive comedy cutscenes. I just won the whole tournament, and after all that, I can say that this game is good for some quick, fun sessions, assuming you have great time-management skills in real life. Can't believe that this was the very first game created by the legendary Telltale Games! One huge downside is the lack of modern hardware optimization! The...
1 more review
It's Texas Hold'em, but with personality. If you like the card game, this is a great way to play a few hands and kill some time. It's also more fun than playing against normal computers, because of the banter that the characters have. Realistically though, you'll hear all the voice lines within the first couple hours. At just $1, this gets a huge recommendation from me. But if you have a little extra cash, Telltale...
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Cite this score
Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em scores 26/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/8330/telltale-texas-hold-emReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.