Hyperbolica
Skip · Narrative · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $12.99.
- Length
- 2.1h
- Value
- $6.19/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 630, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
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
It has never been cheaper than $8.44. That was September 2025. It has been discounted 17 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 35 percent off, with about 14 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Superliminal ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Obduction ($29.99, scores 43).
Steam's global achievement data puts 25 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. 11 of the 490 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 376 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
2.1 hours to finish it, 5 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.
At 2.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
45% start to 25% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
It was a fun game. It doesn't really explain the hyperbolic space, though it does attempt to, so if you want to actually understand it, you better watch the video on YouTube. It still was fun to experience something unusual.
Finally, I can actually experience non-Euclidean space instead of just looking at the formulas. I learned about non-Euclidean and differential geometry in Leonard Susskind's General Relativity course. Despite Susskind's attempts to make it as grounded as possible, all I could learn about these strange geometries were the mathematical formulas. Until I played this game, I couldn't really see or experience...
Trying not to be hyperbolic Hyperbolica is more of a technical demonstration than a game. Or maybe I should say it functions better as a technical demonstration than a game. Hyperbolica is a non-euclidian game, which means that the world doesn't follow the usual dimensionality that we have in the real world. While it's not possible to truly experience non-euclidean spaces in reality, the mathmatics of dealing with...
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Cite this score
Hyperbolica scores 49/100 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/1256230/hyperbolicaReviews 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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