Death Roads: Tournament
Skip · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 15.2h
- Value
- $0.99/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 839 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, with at least 1GB VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
33 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 45 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Roguebook ($1.74, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats Deep Sky Derelicts ($2.99, scores 35).
More about Death Roads: Tournament
Of the 442 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
56% start to 4% 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
If you played FTL and Convoy then you played Death Roads: Tournament. This one is a deckbuilder tho which is the biggest difference. From what I understand this game is a one to one representation of board game rules released around the same time and you can really see this is a board game in essence. Much more so than Convoy. The graphics are very nice. Sounds effects are... there, that's it. They are sometimes...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A really fun roguelike deckbuilder with some great ideas and a few rough edges. Compared to other games in its genre I especially like how your deck is modular. You're not stuck with whatever cards you pick along the way like in so many of these games. You can customize and adapt your deck the further you get along and you can even tailor your deck to specific encounters. It all depends on what gear (Engines...
It's a fun idea, BUT it is way to frustrating and you get NOWHERE fast for ANY satisfaction playing the game. I played for 7 hours and I can't even make it halfway!?!?!/ Totally disappointed. At least make easy/novice choices.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Death Roads: Tournament scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1619570/death-roads-tournamentReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.