The Watson-Scott Test
Skip · Short indie · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 13, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 0.4h 0.9h to 100%
- Value
- $12.48/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 816 positive
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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
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
October 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $0.99. Across all 15 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Buddy Simulator 1984 ($9.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Agony ($14.99, scores 1).
More about The Watson-Scott Test
6 of the 441 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 693 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 96 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 688 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 92 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 0.4 hours; clearing it takes 1, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
98% start to 9% 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
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 02:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Presentation is top notch but unfortunately it's wasted on a bare-bones, linear experience. The game does a good job of building atmosphere throughout the test with its eerie soundtrack and visual tricks that make you do a double take, with my favorite being barely visible shadows on the corners of your screen. However, after doing a second run of both tests all the tension and fear built up with said atmosphere is...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Watson-Scott Test scores 13/100 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/955060/the-watson-scott-testReviews 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 3. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.