Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
Skip · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 44, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 6.9h
- Value
- $2.90/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: GeForce GTX 260 or Radeon HD 4850, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
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
April 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $4.99. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 17 in the 2 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 26 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Phoenotopia: Awakening ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition ($19.99, scores 37).
8 of the 683 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2024 to September 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 4 of 114 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 147 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 6.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
93% start to 19% 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
16 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 08:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
its a great game. i loved my whole time playing it. its not a long game tho, done in 11 hours to 100%. but i have 2 issues. 1 is a minor one. you get more skill points than you can spend, its very minor. the second issue is a big one, its the ending. ask anyone that liked this game, and they will all point towards that ending. TLDR: great game, horrible ending
definitely a good metroidvania, not really alot of custom builds you can get every perk which is meeh but still rad.
I do say I do like the game however there is much to be desired. Either allow for parries or give the character more stamina to dodge,etc. If you dont give more stamina don't allow enemies to stagger you or interrupt your movement If I use my special and "knock out" an enemy allow me to gain points to recharge my special More fast travel points would be appreciate rather than the main "rings" it should just be the...
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Cite this score
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1231990/gestalt-steam-cinderReviews 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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