Containment: The Zombie Puzzler
Skip · Short indie · 2012
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 2.9h 9.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.72/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 294 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 3210 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
Use your wits, weapons, and the city itself to save Franklin from the zombie apocalypse in this exciting indie action puzzler.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 128 MB Video RAM and Shader 2.0, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 17 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 18 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 459 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 22 percent on value. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles (free, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats Antenna (free, scores 44).
More about Containment: The Zombie Puzzler
Finishing takes 2.9 hours; clearing it takes 9, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
96% start to 5% 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
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Containment: The Zombie Puzzler scores 45/100 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/203560/containment-the-zombie-puzzlerReviews 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.