The Spiral Scouts

The Spiral Scouts

Skip · Narrative · 2018

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$9.99Skip

On its price record

$6.83Fair

Length
5.1h 9.2h to 100%
Value
$1.96/hr
Reviews
80% of 599 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.83 or less.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $1.99 (80% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

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

Holding it back
Value$1.96/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews80% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 79 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

Join Remae, the newest member of the Spiral Scouts, on her slap-tastic puzzle solving adventure through a world of crazy characters and redonkulous realms. Experience a fartwarming tale of personal growth, self discovery, poop, wieners and butts.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 Compatible Graphics Card, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

Across all 36 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 13 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 28 percent on value. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lil' Guardsman ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Age ($14.99, scores 42).

More about The Spiral Scouts

At 5.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

35% start to 14% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

The Spiral Scouts is definitely its own thing - a quirky puzzle adventure. The puzzles are genuinely clever - some well-designed head-scratchers that feel good to solve. The art style has a certainly charming, hand-crafted feel. The music fits the weird vibe well enough. And then there's the Outstanding Artistic Writing and Exceptional Narrative Design By which I mean: it's not just bad , it's a relentless firehose...
ꙮPan Bóbr K.ꙮRecommendedafter 13hApr 2025Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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The Spiral Scouts scores 46/100 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/862480/the-spiral-scouts
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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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperCantaloupe Kids
PublisherCantaloupe Kids
GenreNarrative
Released2018
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements32