Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Worth it · Shooter · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $3.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Nov 2023.
- Length
- 3.9h 6.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.02/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 474 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 970 or equivalent, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was April 2026. 28 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Let Them Come ($7.99, scores 60) and Valfaris ($24.99, scores 43).
More about Valfaris: Mecha Therion
83 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 2 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 2 of the 297 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2023 to August 2026.
At 3.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
85% start to 2% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
Probably the most metal 4 hours of my life.... In all seriousness, this shmup is one for the books, once you beat the main game (which takes as I said around 4-5 hours, maybe less if you're really good) you can get into challenge mode which is more traditional style with score/lives. Great music, great gameplay and a 40k gothic style really tie this all together! In the mean time, its back into the void for me...
1 more review, not recommended
I loved Slain and the previous Valfaris game, but this is completely different, an arcade shooting game. Most importantly, the head bang becomes less dramatic, which is very disappointing.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Valfaris: Mecha Therion scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1647920/valfaris-mecha-therionReviews 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 Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.