Genopanic
Skip · Action · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $8.99.
- Length
- 3.1h 5.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.90/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 385 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.69 (70% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
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
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512mb vram, 604 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
19 discounts in the 2 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.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 25 percent on value. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lone Fungus ($4.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats One Gun Guy ($0.79, scores 23).
More about Genopanic
This site sampled 269 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026.
At 3.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
87% start to 8% 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
Really torn on this. 5/10, mediocre game I did not play very far, only until after the second boss. Then I asked myself if this was it. This is not a metrodvania, it is a linear, simple platformer. You collect abilities and go to new areas, solve movement puzzles and fight easy bosses. The game looks good, but it fails to convey any kind of atmosphere or reason to care about the events that happen. There are really...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
"Metroidvania-inspired" is heavily misleading. The only thing that's "metroid" about this is the music (which is good, no complains there) and the map-screen. Which only really helps you in finding maybe one or two health upgrades and you only need to come back later to a single one, everything else you get in your first run-through if you're looking for it. This plays like a childs Metroid school project rather...
It's a simple straight forward linear platformer with some light combat but honestly I had a fantastic time with it. It has a great isolated atmosphere, really pleasing pixel graphics, and the controls are super responsive.
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Cite this score
Genopanic scores 41/100 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/1984190/genopanicReviews 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.