Loop Hero
Worth it · Roguelike · 2021
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; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9980% off
- Cost per hour
- $0.52/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 36,675
- Critics
- 82 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Roguelike
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 83% over the last 30 days against 93% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 28.6h
- To 100%
- 54.7h 1.9x the story
- Achievements
- 50
Price and sales
- Sales
- 48 on record
- Typical cut
- 67% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 September 2025
- Sale every
- 38d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 236 now
- Recent reviews
- 83% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 27% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
97% start to 4% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 48 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 67 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 4 percent. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Balatro ($14.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Tower Tactics: Liberation ($12.99, scores 56).
More about Loop Hero
Critics scored it 82. Players sit 11 points higher at 93 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Players rate it 93 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 83 percent. Something recent has soured the room. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 9 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2024 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,176 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 965 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 1,327 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 19 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
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2 more reviews
The core gameloop mechanic that has you recreate the environment/world itself is incredibly inventive. This mechanic only enhances the mysterious, enticingly out-of-reach lore that underlies the rich eerie setting/atmosphere. And just further chef's kiss to the pixel art and music. I dumped 130+ hours into this game and very much enjoyed the different heroes and challenges. Sequel, please and thank you!
Very fun, love pixel games so this is a nice chill game to play when wanting something less stressful.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB), Radeon X1300 Pro (256 MB), 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Loop Hero scores 83/100 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/1282730/loop-heroReviews 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 Nov 8, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.