Tools Up!
Skip · Action · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 5.5h
- Value
- $3.63/hr
- Reviews
- 78% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!
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
November 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $3.99. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 58 in the 7 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 34 percent on value. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Overcooked ($16.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Ratty Catty ($14.99, scores 11).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 433 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 245 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
66% start to 8% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 5.5-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
18 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 20:51 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Very Nice Game I will leave the cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards ／＞ フ | l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿ヽ)__) ＼二つ...
This is a good fast paced, teamwork based, race against the clock game! Every "level" has a timer on it from about 3-10 minutes on it. The way you go to new levels and climb the building is a really neat aspect of the game! There are different themes for every floor or two, so there are new challenges and thematic elements to keep it from feeling repetitive. If you liked Overcooked, you gotta try this! It is a very...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tools Up! scores 36/100 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/1004490/tools-upReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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