Return
Fair · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $15.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3h
- Value
- $5.33/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 215 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
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
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
About the game
Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure. Shoot, slash, and roll your way through dangerous enemies and ancient bosses, purchase items and unlock powerful weapons, and explore your unfamiliar home for parts to repair your ship.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, GeForce 9800GTX+ (1GB), 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 36 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 15 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Word Game ($34.99, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Shio ($11.99, scores 44).
More about Return
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
86% 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
What players say
Very Cool. Buy this game so the developer can make more of these. Simple fun gameplay with an interesting setting. I hope they can expand on what they built here.
1 more review
Usually I never post reviews for games, but I absolutely loved Return. The gameplay was great and the environments supported the story perfectly. The combat was pretty simple (run up, slash, roll away, repeat, or just shoot them with a gun) but it fit the game's minimalistic look perfectly. The visuals are really nicely polished as well, and the soundtrack was amazing. The game knows exactly what it's supposed to...
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Cite this score
Return scores 53/100 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/1537080/returnReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.