Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 10.7h
- Value
- $2.80/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 760 / AMD Radeon R9 270, 17 GB of storage. Windows only.
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
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
The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $7.49. 48 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 74 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Haven ($24.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition ($19.99, scores 14).
The press gave it 72; the people who bought it give it 80 percent. An 8-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 41 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 536 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 118 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 10.7 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
49% start to 41% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
I know that there is a cult-level of players who really enjoy this game. For me, it's very close to a great game, but it's just too much "point and click" than adventure, fight, plan, explore, or any of those key RPG genres. Less roleplay and more, well, guess we'll find out what this option does.
Such a weird game. The premise of investigating real crimes being committed in VR MMOs is cool, but this game is way too rigid to allow that idea to happen. I've played my fair share of East Euro jank, many 00's and early 10's titles badly translated by the one guy in the office who knew a bit of English. This feels like that. Flowery dialog, musings on humanity, too many allegories. I don't care if the teen...
Do i want more people to experience this innocuous gem? Absolutely. Is it without faults? Absolutely not. The concept alone is worth it on a discount. This is a game about games and gamers. So, it is meta, but, in my opinion, it is handled quite savantly. It masters its subject matter from the first hour of play, and the deduction mechanics are fresh enough for the first few cases, which offer real dilemmas with...
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Cite this score
Gamedec - Definitive Edition scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/917720/gamedec-definitive-editionReviews 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 1.
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