Valley Peaks

Valley Peaks

Fair · Short indie · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair at $8.24, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2024. Buy it now if you want it.

Cost per hour▼
$2.23/hr
ReviewsA
95% of 201
Genre rank
Top 6% Short indie

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 56% off ($6.64) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.

Score at full price

Fair$14.99

Score today

−45%Fair
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.64 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
3.7h
To 100%
15.4h 4.2x the story
Achievements
18

Price and sales

Sales
16 on record
Typical cut
40% off
Steam low
$8.24 March 2026
Sale every
47d last November 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $6.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
3% of its genre
Better reviewed
95% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

88% start to 4% 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

The lowest price on record is $8.24, set in March 2026. 16 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Refunct ($2.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Snake Pass ($19.99, scores 43).

More about Valley Peaks

3.7 hours to finish it, 15 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.2 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
Reviews95% of 201 reviews, scored as 90%
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.23/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $4.05/hr
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 175 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

Мило и не коротко. Локация очень большая, плюс секреты тут и там. Платформинг местами не простой. Из минусов только 3 слота (и хоткеев) под гаджеты, а гаджетов 8.
SylarRecommendedafter 2.1hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
such a good game, deserves a LOT more recognition. i had a blast climbing all the mountains and it was a perfect balance of being difficult so it was satisfying when you made it to the top, but not too difficult that it was frustrating. i think it was a mistake marketing this as a cosy game when it's not very relaxing at times. i also love the art style and the gameplay is so fun and satisfying. really wish there...
RandomisedRecommendedafter 8.9hJun 2026Read on Steam
This is not necessarily a negative review so much as it is a middling review. For starters, there are lots of great rock climbing based games, and this is just an okay one. The first half the game starts you with a nice learning curve up until you scale the last mountain, then the training wheels are off. From that point on the game gets frustrating instead of rewarding. In addition there are achievements for doing...
WhaleNot recommendedafter 5.4hJun 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Embark on a cozy climbing adventure in Valley Peaks, a ribbiting first-person platformer where each mountain is like a puzzle. Install Radio Towers at the top of every ridge to connect the froggy inhabitants to the wider world, venture further into the Valley, conquer peaks and unravel mysteries!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 capabilities, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Valley Peaks scores 65/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2107550/valley-peaks
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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 2, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperTub Club
PublisherThose Awesome Guys
GenreShort indie
Released2024
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements18