Submachine: Legacy
Worth it · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $24.99, a BANGER if it drops to $12.90.
- Length
- 9.6h
- Value
- $2.60/hr
- Reviews
- 98% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
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
The lowest price on record is $12.49, set in June 2025. Its cuts run 25 percent off as a rule. There have been 14 in the 3 years tracked, about 12 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $12.90, a level the record has reached 2 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, THE LONGING ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Old Man's Journey ($9.99, scores 55).
Of the 324 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 94 percent of the 136 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
91% start to 22% 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
I love it when a staple of my childhood becomes more. having played a majority of the original flash games, I really enjoy where this adventure went with just enough to make you second guess everything...
This is the gold standard of a compilation game. If you ever enjoyed a Submachine game, buy it.
This series has been my all-time favorite point-and-click adventure puzzle since childhood. I played every single installment when they were Flash games decades ago. Submachine: Legacy is a collection of all the remastered games, including the main series and side series, released between 2005 and 2015. It is not just a collection of separate entries; it is a whole seamless experience. In other words, you can start...
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Cite this score
Submachine: Legacy scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1564790/submachine-legacyReviews 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 1.
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