Stealth Bastard Deluxe

Stealth Bastard Deluxe

Worth it · Action · 2012

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $1.49.

Cost per hourS
$0.26/hr
Reviews▼
89% of 1,234
Critics
80 players 9 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% Action

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.

Score at full price

Fair$9.99

Score today

−85%Worth it
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
5.8h
To 100%
28h 4.8x the story
Achievements
27

Price and sales

Sales
95 on record
Typical cut
88% off
Steam low
$0.99 November 2019
Sale every
44d last October 2026
Lowest now $0.74 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.25 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
24% of its genre
Better reviewed
94% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

42% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $0.99. That was November 2019. Across all 95 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 88 percent, about 6 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gunpoint ($9.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty ($19.99, scores 52).

More about Stealth Bastard Deluxe

The press gave it 80; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 9-point gap in the buyer's favour.

None of the 264 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 166 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.

5.8 hours to finish it, 28 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.8 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.26/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $1.72/hr
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 264 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

What players say

This is a really solid 2D stealth platformer with a great sense of humor and tight level design. The core gameplay is genuinely fun - sneaking past guards, hiding in vents, timing your movements, and occasionally stabbing someone when things go wrong. The pixel art is clean, the levels are well-crafted with multiple paths, and the increasing difficulty curve keeps things interesting. There's a nice variety of...
Me, VermilionRecommendedafter 5.0hMay 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
A clever stealth platformer with challenging puzzles, sharp pixel art, and engaging gameplay that keeps you on your toes.
🍀 WinteraidRecommendedafter 35hFeb 2026Read on Steam
Pretty good Platformer and i recommend,but it's strange to see only partial controller support for this type of games
nucbkaRecommendedafter 4.7hNov 2025Read on Steam

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

About the game

Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 8.0 compatible, 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

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Stealth Bastard Deluxe scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/209190/stealth-bastard-deluxe
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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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+9
Critics80
Players89
Metacritic critics · 1,234 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCurve Studios
PublisherCurve Games
GenreAction
Released2012
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements27