The Club™

The Club™

Skip · Shooter · 2008

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 8, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
4.1h 9.7h to 100%
Value
$3.66/hr
Reviews
60% of 201 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 5 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Holding it back
Value$3.66/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews60% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 62% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 69 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

The Club™, created by critically acclaimed developer Bizarre Creations, is a new breed of third-person shooter, combining fast-paced run and gun gameplay, destructive environments, and lethal weapons. You will fight to survive in a shadowy underground blood-sport controlled by a faceless, obscenely wealthy and influential elite who place...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with latest manufacturer drivers, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

70 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.

It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tank Force: Online Shooter Game (free, scores 16) beats it on value, while it beats 3on3 FreeStyle: Rebound (free, scores 7).

More about The Club™

The main story runs 4.1 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 2.4 times as long.

What players say

The only similar thing I can think of is the mercenaries mode from RE games. This s h i t slaps if you know what it is.
Jeff BenzosRecommendedafter 4.6hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
third person shooter with arcade-style scoring system and progression, kinda simple. Fun game but highly recommended you just remove GFWL from this entirely
Your Local Feral TgirlRecommendedafter 2.0hDec 2025Read on Steam
TL;DR: A Good and fun arcade shooter game, but a bad port because GFWL. Summary: Previously played on Xbox 360, THE CLUB is an arcade shooter, emphasis on what the dev called "a racing game with guns". You have at least a total 8 roster in this game, with two being unlocked as your progress the game. Each "Club" characters have their highs and low on their stats, which may feel unique to each play style. PROS: It's...
RAZELIGHTNot recommendedafter 4.8hDec 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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The Club™ scores 8/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/10460/the-club
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Reviews 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 30, price as of Oct 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-7
Critics67
Players60
Metacritic critics · 201 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBizarre Creations
PublisherSEGA
GenreShooter
Released2008
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate