Ato
Worth it · Action · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99, a BANGER if it drops to $7.16.
- Length
- 6.3h 7.1h to 100%
- Value
- $2.38/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 475 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.16 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $7.49 (50% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
About the game
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Any dedicated graphics card, 338 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 30 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $7.16 BANGER line once.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Guacamelee! 2 ($4.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Greak: Memories of Azur ($19.99, scores 38).
More about Ato
Steam's global achievement data puts 36 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 310 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 6.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
85% start to 36% 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
What players say
Really fantastic. I'd guess I'm around 1/2 to 3/4 through the game as of reviewing, and I've loved it so far. The movement is responsive and feels great, especially once you've unlocked several/all abilities. The boss fights tend toward a fair challenge on the difficulty I'm playing on, and many of the fights are inspired, varied, and really fun. The base parrying mechanic feels excellent. Timing is a *little* tight...
2 more reviews
This is a beautiful game in every regard. The atmosphere, even though it is in pixel art, was actually quite immersive and and often breathtakingly beautiful. There is really no non-sense here either, and by that I mean the story is to-the-point, the combat is not overly complicated but still satisfying, and the are no fetch quests/NPCs to deal with. The only thing that is close are optional platforming puzzles that...
Had a good time with it, but the controls definitely hold it back. You can remap the basic buttons, but all the actual abilities use fixed combos of those buttons, so you end up doing a bunch of awkward multi-press/hold inputs you can't change. Fun game under it all - just super weird controls.
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Cite this score
Ato scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1096180/atoReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.