Valakas Story
Fair · Action · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $0.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4h
- Value
- $0.25/hr
- Reviews
- 81% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher, 19 GB of storage. Windows only.
Explore locations, fight with different enemies and bosses, communicate with residents, complete their tasks. Play as a village streamer from Russia named Valakas. All this adventure takes place in the beautiful far reaches of Russia.
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
The lowest price on record is $0.39, set in March 2023. 68 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is cheaper than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, DOKA 2 KISHKI EDITION ($2.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 ($2.99, scores 48).
This site sampled 455 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 628 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
28% start to 5% 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
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 21:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
First of all, after reading the discussions, I want to point out probably the most important thing that people mention most often. The game has absolutely no checkpoints. Yes, there are wells that you have to walk up to and press the "Save Game" button. Surprisingly, the game is actually very well made. When you play other meme games, the first thing you usually notice is that the game was clearly made in about an...
Valakas Story by BRUTAL SOFTWARE is a standout example of indie game development, crafted largely by a single developer with a clear vision and a unique cultural perspective. The game places players in the shoes of Valakas, a 54-year-old rural Russian man who unexpectedly rises to online fame as a streamer. Set against the backdrop of rustic Russia, the game blends action-adventure gameplay with a compelling...
If you ever wanted to play a game where you fight like you are in a dream this is the game for you.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Valakas Story scores 59/100 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/1171310/valakas-storyReviews 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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