Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
Fair · Action · 2022
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.6h 5.8h to 100%
- Value
- $7.69/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 255 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.09 or less.
Buy now or wait
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
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About the game
UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 36 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 55 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Jets'n'Guns Gold ($7.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Really Big Sky ($1.24, scores 43).
More about Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 2.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
2.6 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.2 times the campaign.
The drop-off
61% start to 3% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 07:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Plays well on my PC handheld AokZoe A1pro Overall: 8/10 I'm not shmup savant but I had a blast with the game. The cinematic and style was great! Loved the story that's integrated with the combat! Gameplay: 7.5/10. Nothing new was good, i had fun. Bc of the monochromatic nature of the game, sometimes its hard to see what's going on. The weapon upgrades could've been more spectacular. Story: 8.5/10 it was fantastic...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Truly amazing hidden gem. Unfortunately, it is a bit short, but it is right size for a single player shoot em up. The 50 style movie cutscene are amazing, real B movie quality. Original audio is PT-BR, a nice surprise to me. For the price asked, you have no reason to skip this one.
Black woman saves Earth along a diverse cast of characters (but mostly women in command). Just, no.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1378800/squad-51-vs-the-flying-saucersReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.