The Cub
Skip · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$14.99Skip
On its price record
$12.37Fair
- Length
- 2.9h 3.8h to 100%
- Value
- $5.17/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 664 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.37 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
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About the game
From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 2 GB Memory, 11 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 26 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 74 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Minute of Islands ($1.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Golf Club Nostalgia ($9.99, scores 45).
More about The Cub
Steam's global achievement data puts 40 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 385 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
95% start to 40% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
The Cub is a stylish and interesting game with a great post-apocalyptic atmosphere. The ruined city, environmental storytelling, and fast-paced platforming make exploring the world genuinely enjoyable. The art style is probably the biggest highlight, giving the game a unique look and personality. That said, some sections can feel repetitive, and the gameplay doesn't always feel as polished as the visuals. Still, if...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Some of the levels are poorly designed, but overall this is a reminder of how good simple games can be. Absolutely worth the $ to pick it up and give a quick playthrough. Hopefully the company improves on their in house testing and game design in years to come (last 3 levels were 2 infuriatingly poorly designed ones and 1 milketoast final level, rest of game was awesome.)
i loved Golf Club Nostalgia but this game i hate, the movement feels laggy and unprecise, the audio, the gameplay, the graphics - its hard to recognize whats foreground/background and what are things you have to interact with.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Cub scores 48/100 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/1941410/the-cubReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.