Sagebrush
Worth it · Narrative · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99.
- Length
- 1.9h 2.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.68/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 315 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 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
A first-person narrative adventure game about exploring a cult compound in the remote New Mexico desert. Discover the lives of the former inhabitants -- what brought them together, what they believed, and why they ended it all.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 27 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 93 percent of its genre. The nearest things to it, Mouthwashing ($12.99, scores 71) and [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 ($2.99, scores 48), are both worse buys on this math.
More about Sagebrush
Of the 210 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 126 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 43 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
82% start to 12% rarestNo 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
It's been a while since I played a game that's been this haunting and effective. A true slow burn that keeps you on edge. Highly recommend it.
2 more reviews
this left me with genuine fear beneath my ribs, never have i been so afraid to open doors in a game before
I've been sitting on this one for awhile! As a certified Weird Girl(tm) I am of course fascinated by cults, so when I heard about a walking sim where you explore an abandoned cult compound I was there in a heartbeat. As some other people are pointing out, the story isn't particularly deep but the use of atmosphere is extremely strong. It's eerie, saddening, and definitely based in reality. It may have took me a bit...
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Cite this score
Sagebrush scores 72/100 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/864100/sagebrushReviews 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.