Lithium City
Worth it · Shooter · 2020
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99.
- Length
- 2.2h
- Value
- $3.63/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 304 positive
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Buy now or wait
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.
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About the game
Lithium City is a stylized isometric action game set in a neon-drenched world of electricity and violence.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GT 1030 or equivalent / better, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
32 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is cheaper than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, UBERMOSH ($0.49, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats RUINER ($19.99, scores 57).
More about Lithium City
This site sampled 286 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 95 percent of the 119 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 42 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
Lithium City, developed and published by Nico Tuason, is a tightly scoped top-down action game that builds its entire identity around speed, precision, and momentum. Set within a stylized cyberpunk tower, the game follows a lone fighter ascending floor by floor through waves of enemies, with each level functioning as a compact, self-contained challenge. There is very little emphasis on narrative or world-building in...
2 more reviews
A fun short 2 hour long game, I beat it in one sitting. I would really recommend to anyone who likes Hotline Miami or Katana Zero. It's honestly quite sad that the game is so short because it's fun and has a lot of potential, but the developer seems to be radio silent. I don't think the game is worth the full price since it's very short, but it costs basically nothing on sale so there's no reason not to buy it.
Stylized and tight, this is a fantastic action packed experience where twitch skills and temperance are tested and honed. Each floor and room is perfectly designed and builds off of previous skills they ask of the player. The silent protagonist is dripping with character and mystery while tight controls leave the player with absolute autonomy on how to handle the different challenges. The entire game is designed to...
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Cite this score
Lithium City scores 69/100 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/1210610/lithium-cityReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.