Fall of Porcupine
Skip · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 8.3h
- Value
- $2.41/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely between Oct 8 and Oct 21, at about $3.99 (80% off). Calls like this were right 80% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks. Its own discounts have started about 44 days apart.
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 75% ($4.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 80% ($3.99)
- Last discount ended
- 27 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.
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 $3.99, set in December 2025. 33 discounts in the 3 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 40 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre. On the same math A Perfect Day ($19.99, scores 61) and Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
1 of the 429 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2023 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
78% 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
Cite this score
Fall of Porcupine scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1710540/fall-of-porcupineReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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