West of Dead
Skip · Roguelike · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 8.8h
- Value
- $2.27/hr
- Reviews
- 71% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce GTX 1030 / Radeon RX 550, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.
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
The lowest price on record is $1.99, set in June 2023. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 56 in the 6 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure ($2.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Killing Room ($14.99, scores 24).
This site sampled 608 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 282 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 8.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 27, 3.1 times as much.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 8.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
70% start to 1% 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
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 18:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Rogue-lite, cowboy, afterlife. Need I say more? Amazing story and the protag looks like Ghost Rider, if that helps.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
West of Dead scores 29/100 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/1016790/west-of-deadReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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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