Elroy and the Aliens
Worth it · Narrative · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $17.99, a BANGER if it drops to $10.12.
- Length
- 7.9h
- Value
- $2.28/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Direct X 12.0 compatible video card, 9 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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
It has never been cheaper than $9.89. That was December 2025. Its cuts run 45 percent off as a rule. There have been 14 in the 2 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $10.12 BANGER line 8 times.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games closest to it, Agent A: A puzzle in disguise ($19.99, scores 61) and Heaven's Vault ($24.99, scores 58) both come in lower.
81 from critics against 97 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 89 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 313 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to August 2026.
At 7.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
89% start to 89% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Cite this score
Elroy and the Aliens scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1082190/elroy-and-the-aliensReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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