I commissioned some bees

I commissioned some bees

Worth it · Short indie · 2022

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $1.99.

Length
0.7h 0.9h to 100%
Value
$2.84/hr
Reviews
93% of 396 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

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

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

Raising the score
Reviews93% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement60% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$2.84/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 329 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

I paid 10 artists to hide bees in their artwork. Can you find them all? Warning: Relaxing.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 102 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

45 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, 100 hidden cats ($0.59, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats When The Past Was Around ($7.99, scores 75).

More about I commissioned some bees

Steam's global achievement data puts 60 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 329 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 283 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 78 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

87% start to 60% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam 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

pleasant "where's waldo-like" with beautiful hand-drawn artwork and lofi beats to study/chill to not long to complete 100%, perfect for short sessions
Public Universal EnemyRecommendedafter 1.6hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
A hilarious and fun game about clever bees! Bright and cute graphics simple controls and a playful experience that lifts your spirits perfect for fans of honey-filled adventures and laughs
🍀 WinteraidRecommendedafter 4.1hFeb 2026Read on Steam
Sound: 7 Graphics: 6 Story: 3 Gameplay: 8 Commands: 8 Fun: 6 Time to load / lag: 10 Bugs / Problems: 10 Final score: 7
DL03Recommendedafter 1.7hDec 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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I commissioned some bees scores 77/100 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/1996420/i-commissioned-some-bees
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Reviews 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperFollow the fun
PublisherI commissioned some series
GenreShort indie
Released2022
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements13