STRIDE
Skip · Shooter · 2022
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 1.4h
- Value
- $14.28/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!
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
March 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $7.99. Its cuts run 35 percent off as a rule. There have been 38 in the 6 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, BONEWORKS ($29.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Hunting Simulator 2 ($39.99, scores 15).
Of the 696 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 18 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 916 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 46 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1.4 hours; clearing it takes 17, which is 12 times the campaign.
The drop-off
66% start to <1% 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
1 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 16:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game used to be great. Unfortunately, they have disabled the multiplayer, which was the best part, and added random security lock targets on walls to shoot to open doors, which ruins the rush, and sometimes the locks bug out, so you lose for no reason. Worst part is they cut out the story, then sold it as a sequel, and made it using AI. Also, the audio is extremely crackly in this game, and no other VR games I...
I would love to give this a positive review, cuz the game itself is really fun. But having bought this during early access when they promised the campaign with the game and never having received the standalone one when that released (Even after emailing support), leaves me disappointed. Additionally, Joy Way seems to have this pattern of releasing an early access game that's basically a cool tech demo and then never...
This *used* to be one of my favorite vr games. Then they added locked doors to the endless mode that completely kill any sense of flow since they force you to stop running and shoot randomly-placed locks in order to progress. The devs sadly treat this game and its fans like neither exist and have moved on. Sad.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
STRIDE scores 33/100 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/1292040/strideReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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