The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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Most players never reach the end. On a 4.4-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
A fantastic cinematic game! The controls feel like a mix of Detroit: Become Human and classic Resident Evil with fixed camera angles. It's packed with jump scares, but in a good way. The game features multiple endings driven by your choices, where every decision shapes each character's fate. Plus, you can play co-op with friends, although I haven't tried the co-op mode yet.
very fun with a friend for shared story co-op as it tests you both which one of you is gonna do the most god awful choices or mistakes to get a main character killed
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Skip · Narrative · 2019
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Skip it at $19.99. The value isn't there.
about 4.4h$19.99 (~)
Better value than 73% of Narrative games
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/939850/the-dark-pictures-anthology-man-of-medan<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/939850/the-dark-pictures-anthology-man-of-medan"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/939850" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/939850/the-dark-pictures-anthology-man-of-medan)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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Low $1.99High $19.99Now $19.99
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The lowest price on record is $1.99, set in February 2026. It has been discounted 48 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 66 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 7 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 5 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 27 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes ($29.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope ($19.99, scores 27).
Steam's global achievement data says about 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 4.4-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.