Skeletal Avenger

Skeletal Avenger

Skip · Roguelike · 2021

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 46, under the fair line, at $16.99.

Length
7.9h 22.2h to 100%
Value
$2.15/hr
Reviews
81% of 256 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

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.

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

Holding it back
Reviews81% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 79% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach10K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$2.15/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 158 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, SM 3.0+, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

35 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 72 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Moonlighter ($19.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats BELOW ($24.99, scores 24).

More about Skeletal Avenger

HowLongToBeat players log 7.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 22, 2.8 times as much.

At 7.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

83% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

What players say

idk how this game has so many positive reviews, maybe people havent played any good games the game is just bland, bad, slow and boring there isn't rly much good about it do yourselves a favor and skip this regret buying it
LunaticNot recommendedafter 1.4hDec 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Skeletal Avenger scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1277500/skeletal-avenger
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developer10tons Ltd
Publisher10tons Ltd
GenreRoguelike
Released2021
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements21