Dude Simulator 3

Dude Simulator 3

Skip · Shooter · 2019

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 7 of 8 sales

It scores 18, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Cost per hour▼
$5.54/hr
Reviews▼
68% of 2,087
Genre rank
Top 76% Shooter

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
0.9h
To 100%
1h 1.1x the story

Price and sales

Sales
55 on record
Typical cut
86% off
Steam low
$0.49 October 2019
Sale every
46d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
72% of its genre
Better reviewed
24% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 55 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 86 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Turbo Dismount™ ($9.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Dude Simulator 2 ($4.99, scores 2).

More about Dude Simulator 3

Of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 14 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 62 percent of the 1,181 reviews written there were positive, against 68 percent overall, and those are 65 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely between Nov 10 and Nov 23, at about $0.79 (84% off). Predictions like this were right 80% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks. Its own discounts have started about 45 days apart.

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 15 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$5.54/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds14 of 799 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

What players say

Dude stomps my brain, I am happy hostage of his bugs. Let all explode, I enjoy being dumb corpse with no save.
🍀 WinteraidNot recommendedafter 4.6hApr 2026Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
So I thought this game would be some kind of nice playground to do silly things. Indeed, you can fart, pee, drink alcohol (to some very limited extent) do some rumble with things, but it's not as funny and entertaining as I thought when purchasing. The game is described as "open world sandbox game." which it not really is and is a bit of a fraud. This game is based on several levels (some larger, some smaller) and...
robertschulzxNot recommendedafter 2.4hDec 2025Read on Steam

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

About the game

Dude Simulator 3 is an open world sandbox game. It is your friend’s birthday tomorrow. You have already bought him a present, now you only have to give it to him. But your friends lives in another city, quite far from you.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 550, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Dude Simulator 3 scores 18/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1086640/dude-simulator-3
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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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperKiddy
PublisherKiddy
GenreShooter
Released2019
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate