Archaeogem
Fair · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.6h 5.7h to 100%
- Value
- $2.78/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 285 positive
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 10 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
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT, 512 MB or AMD Radeon HD 7570, 1 GB, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Celeste ($4.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats One Gun Guy ($0.79, scores 23).
More about Archaeogem
Steam's global achievement data puts about 18 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 1 of the 210 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
89% start to 18% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
this game only has 3 main levels, but levels 2 and 3 are a good length if you go for all of the optional emeralds. i think i got this for like $2.50? as a fan of celeste and puzzle platformers, it was totally worth it at that price. my playtime is after getting 100% of the collectibles and replaying one of the levels. overall, the 1st level is ok, a little basic. the 2nd is cool and creative, but i did get...
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this is like too harsh to like call it a celeste ripoff, it is a nicely made game. though if only you made chapter 2 and maybe 3 (jungle is my current progress) shorter. chapter 2 alone took me like 3 hours. though yes i was getting all 15 emeralds but still. man and also why is the game running at like half speed, i get i have intergrated graphics but any other 2d games runs well but not this. weird
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Archaeogem scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2092730/archaeogemReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.