School Years
Fair · RPG · 2019
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $11.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.3h
- Value
- $1.44/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words
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 $0.49. That was January 2020. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 38 in the 7 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 13 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders ($19.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats OMON Simulator ($0.99, scores 38).
8.3 hours to finish it, 23 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.8 times the campaign.
The drop-off
49% start to 12% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
The story's setting is within a high school in 2005-2008 China. Unlike high school drama, basketball teams, or senior prom, this story is focused on inner world and intricate feelings, gave up on single sided young love, and put efforts into mutual love that developed over time. The main character, born in 1987, year of Rabbit, fell in love with this cute girl sitting next to him in class. They meet each other...
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Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
School Years scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1125480/school-yearsReviews 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 1.
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