The Gunk
Skip · Action · 2022
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 47, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 4.7h
- Value
- $5.32/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 11 GB of storage. Windows only.
The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.24, set in November 2025. 40 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Raji: An Ancient Epic ($6.24, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Solar Ash ($39.99, scores 44).
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 397 reviews written there were positive, against 86 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
The Gunk scores 47/100 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/1087760/the-gunkReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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