Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise

Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise

Fair · Action · 2012

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $0.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
4.7h
Value
$0.21/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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Length
4.7h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
12.8h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$0.21
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$0.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
1,148 reviews, as of Sep 27
Players
150K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2012

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+, Shader Model 3.0 compatible, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.

Taking its inspiration from ancient Chinese tales of revenge and retribution and then adding a dash of over-the-top martial arts and old school arcade fun, Kung Fu Strike features 28 stages of fast-paced combo-based fighting.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
Value$0.21/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length4.7 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 113 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in September 2014. It has been discounted 51 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 85 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales.

On value it sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 74 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Redeemer: Enhanced Edition ($9.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Double Dragon: Neon ($9.99, scores 44).

Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 291 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 4.7 hours. Doing everything runs 13, 2.7 times as long.

The drop-off

88% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

What players say

One of those nostalgic games from the past decade. Challenging and very fun especially the coop mode.
Entropy_MxRecommendedafter 7.8hDec 2024Read on Steam
Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise pros: //fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on //good amount of action and special effects cons: //a lot of difficult battles/boss battles //some bosses have unfair attacks that are difficult to dodge/block/evade //a lot of overpowered boss enemies //a lot of quick time button events //timing is challenging and often...
Shadow OpsRecommendedafter 1.3hJul 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/212030/kung-fu-strike-the-warrior-s-rise
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Details

DeveloperQooc Software
PublisherQooc Software
GenreAction
Released2012
Achievements12