Bureau of Contacts

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 700 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

MIROWIN · Horror · Apr 12, 2025

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
$7.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
37
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio1 of 8
Subtitles0 of 8

Should I buy Bureau of Contacts?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 700 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A great game with a great co-op, it was great with my friend, and the achievements are quite interesting and moderately difficult.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This element transforms the experience into something deeply personal and reactive, where tension builds not from scripted scares but from the genuine unpredictability of an intelligent adversary.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's fun and full of promise, with a great story and cool visuals, but gets choppy the longer you play.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Bureau of Contacts is a thrilling horror game with a captivating story and intense jump scares.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Bureau of Contacts can be played solo, but it truly comes alive in multiplayer, where up to four agents must coordinate to gather evidence, decipher clues, and survive.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op73 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Story19 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
100% still recommend
Audio
75% still recommend
Monetization
75% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
75% still recommend
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Crashes
71% still recommend
Optimization
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$7.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.39.

12 months agotoday · $7.99

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