Sapiens
Skip · Strategy · 2022 · Early Access
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 34, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 970 or better, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
July 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $19.99. It has been discounted 24 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 15 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 39 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Blacksmith Master ($19.99, scores 55) and Stonehearth ($19.99, scores 45) both outscore it.
This site sampled 704 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 12 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2022 to September 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 3 of 121 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 160 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sapiens scores 34/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1060230/sapiensReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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