What Never Was
Worth it · Narrative · 2019
The verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 0.4h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DX11 compatible video card, 696 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
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
- Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Cloud Climber (free, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats The Old Tree (free, scores 75).
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
What Never Was scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 5,110 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/866440/what-never-wasReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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