Winter
Skip · Action · 2022 · Early Access
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $1.49.
- Length
- 0.6h
- Value
- $2.48/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 433 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
Winter is a 2D pixel-art strategy game inspired by Slavic mythology. Build an army, protect your forest settlement from mythical creatures, and bring eternal spring to your land. Explore, recruit fighters, and strategize to overcome the challenges of winter.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX Series 8, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 53 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 88 percent, about 4 weeks apart. Today's $1.49 at 95 percent off still sits 204 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tinkerlands ($9.09, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats 道衍诀 ($11.99, scores 0).
More about Winter
3 of the 345 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 185 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 54 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
8% 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
Winter is a deliberately paced indie strategy game that blends settlement management, survival mechanics, and myth-inspired conflict into a harsh but atmospheric experience. Set in a snowbound world influenced by Slavic folklore, the game frames its challenge around endurance rather than conquest. Instead of rapid expansion or constant escalation, it asks players to carefully nurture a fragile settlement while...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A beautifully crafted game with serene visuals and relaxing gameplay that create an immersive wintery atmosphere, perfect for unwinding and exploration.
The price for this game is an absolute crime. The game is half-hearted at best. The developers started something with potential, but left development of the game in a severely buggy and unplayable state. There are no tutorials, if you start a Normal game you will not even get the prologue for the game. Your workers will likely glitch, causing them to do nothing at all, meaning you will not progress. You will not...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Winter scores 22/100 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/1919040/winterReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.