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The Final Exam
This intense simulation recreates a school shooting scenario, lasting 10 minutes. Players navigate halls representing real-life tragedies, collecting gun bills to survive. The game aims to highlight the failure to protect schools and motivate action to prevent future shootings and save lives.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Idk y so many Iosers are hating on this game. It teaches about school shootings in the US and how to prevent them, it is a very interesting game and a lot more useful than those triple A games that everybody plays”
“While I would love to recommend this game as I feel it sadly IS needed, the game uses UNNEEDED AI content. I could tell before I even read the description. You couldn't set up a fake schoolroom and record the boots shot…”
“This game was powerful and scary and thought-provoking. This game was created by the parents of one of the students who died in the in the 2018 Parkland school shooting. As a FL student myself, this scared me to my core…”
3 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Idk y so many Iosers are hating on this game. It teaches about school shootings in the US and how to prevent them, it is a very interesting game and a lot more useful than those triple A games that everybody plays”
“idk why people is hating, its a free game and teaches us about a major issue”
3 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“From the moment you start, the game establishes an unsettling tone. The premise is simple: you’re a student taking what seems like a normal exam, but things quickly spiral into something far more disturbing. The…”
“Like others said... Claiming that banning guns or raising the purchase age will stop mass shootings oversimplifies a complex problem. Some countries where people grow up around firearms don’t experience the same level…”
“Insane Graphics The message is kinda sad tho , feels bad that thousands of american students go thru this every year ran this game with balance mode and browser open with more than 15 tabs and it ran very well at ultra…”
27 of the 67 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“While I would love to recommend this game as I feel it sadly IS needed, the game uses UNNEEDED AI content. I could tell before I even read the description. You couldn't set up a fake schoolroom and record the boots shot…”
“F**K AI SLOP”
“As a survivor myself, this game was pretty lack luster and at times redundant. The animation is pretty low budget and haphazard with the graphics being decent. It seemed... pretty careless to me how the game was…”
26 of the 67 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The Idea that banning guns and raising the age to buy guns is going to stop mass shootings is just dumb and reckless, countries that have huge amounts of guns from young ages dont have the same issues america does, work…”
“5/10. wish you could play as the shooter from time to time”
“As a survivor myself, this game was pretty lack luster and at times redundant. The animation is pretty low budget and haphazard with the graphics being decent. It seemed... pretty careless to me how the game was…”
14 of the 67 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The Idea that banning guns and raising the age to buy guns is going to stop mass shootings is just dumb and reckless, countries that have huge amounts of guns from young ages dont have the same issues america does, work…”
“Anti-gun lobby ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that does not address any of the actual issues. If attackers used machetes, would we institute bans on machetes in the US? Oh wait that didn't work in Australia either.”
8 of the 67 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I didn't even pay for that game and yet I want to be reimbursed I guess it does it's job to promote bills and safety in US schools and all, but it's not only AI slop, it also just lacks any kind of content, feels really…”
“This "game" is an interesting experience, and while it will put people into an experience where they would not normally experience, this game I am sure doesn't give the full feeling of being in the situation unless…”
“Low quality game, too short, and not enjoyable to play. This is just a bad game.”
5 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“it's just disrespectful ♥♥♥♥, horroble optimication and ai slop”
Counted across 67 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 42.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Not really understanding the negative reviews. The game was straight forward and got its point across well. Also, it's free.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“What I Don’t Like : What I dislike most is obviously the AI-generated content—it feels overused and lowers the overall quality. I also don’t like the quick-time event style where you just click buttons. I think it would have been more effective if the shooter behaved more…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I understand the message, but the usage of AI generated assets and the poor performance makes me think this is just sloppy leftist propaganda”
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action · Strategy · Realistic · First-Person · Adventure · Runner · Turn-Based Tactics · Action-Adventure · Point & Click · Shooter · Turn-Based Strategy · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://thefinalexam.us/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 Storage: 1000 GB available space