85BANG SCORE
Skul: The Hero Slayer
banger · shooter · 2021
A lot of game for the money: about 20.5h, $9.99 (~$0.49/hr), 93% positive.
Better value than 97% of shooter games
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
BANGER threshold
Already a BANGER at $9.99.
Buy it. The price is already a steal.
Real value
$0.49/hr over the 20.5h main story, $0.16/hr if you 100% it (62.1h).
And 58% of players reach the end, the value holds.
Finish rate
57.8%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
20.5h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
62.1h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$0.49/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$9.99
Reviews
93%
57,261 reviews
Metacritic
80
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2021
What drives the score
Value$0.49/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews93% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate57.8%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).
DeveloperSOUTHPAW GAMES
PublisherNEOWIZ
Genreshooter
Achievements101
Trailer & screenshots
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