Silica
Skip · Shooter · 2023 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 27, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Reviews
- 76% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570, 48 GB of storage. Windows only.
Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $15.99. That was August 2023. 24 discounts in the 3 years on record. They run about 20 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Empires Mod (free, scores 69) and STAR WARS™ Battlefront ($4.99, scores 47) both outscore it.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 45 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,071 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 74 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 1 of the 45 refunded reviewers was past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 1,167 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
Players
21 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 19:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Silica scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1494420/silicaReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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