Red Dead Redemption 2
Worth it · Shooter · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$59.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$14.9975% offWorth it
- Cost per hourA
- $1.18/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 932,959
- Critics
- 93
- Genre rank
- Top 13% Shooter
Holding it back: Monetization, DRM
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 50.8h
- To 100%
- 195.7h 3.9x the story
- Achievements
- 51
Price and sales
- Sales
- 70 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $14.99 January 2025
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 18,689 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
85% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
70 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 13 percent. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Red Dead Online ($19.99, scores 57).
More about Red Dead Redemption 2
15 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 22,144 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (currency, free-to-grind); the score docks it lightly for that.
50.8 hours to finish it, 196 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.9 times the campaign.
932,959 reviews stand behind that percentage.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 17 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
"I'm afraid." is a small sentence yet after this game I really couldn't tell you how strong feelings it makes you feel after playing this game even if I wanted. Even today I still would probably struggle to admit that to myself. Accepting whatever yourself is truly one of the things that requires upmost strength. I could consider this game a masterpiece so I'll write down the small stuff bothered me first so players...
2 more reviews
You hear a lot of great things about this game. I've never really cared much about cowboys or horses, so I never picked it up. Then it went on sale and I thought, "Well, maybe it would be a good idea to play something that doesn't fit my interests at all." After the first two hours, I genuinely thought I had wasted 15€, but I kept playing. And boy, was I wrong. RDR2 might be one of the best - if not THE best ...
i think this game needs to be enjoyed like a fine wine. what i mean is this game should be played slowly, enjoying every moment, delving into plot, appreciating scenery, doing side missions. i recommend using dead eye less because it's op and breaks the realism of gunfights
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB, 150 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Red Dead Redemption 2 scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1174180/red-dead-redemption-2Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.