Creeper World IXE
Skip · Action · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 23, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 16.4h 43.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.22/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 889 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $9.99 (50% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 7 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
The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Dedicated GPU, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 8 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 73 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Creeper World 4 ($24.99, scores 57) and Home Wars ($7.99, scores 41) both outscore it.
More about Creeper World IXE
Steam's global achievement data puts 47 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 558 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
The main story runs 16.4 hours. Doing everything runs 44, 2.7 times as long.
The drop-off
99% start to 47% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
I think you have to be a fan of the creeper world series in order to like this game. Coming from Creeper World 4 this was definetely different, but still hat the creeper world essence. It was fun, there are unique ways in order to complete the missions. Unfortunely, you cant do anything crazy or epic, lke in Creeper World 4 where you can pile up the AC and then drop it like a tsunami. Btw, the last mission with the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Creeper World is always a favorite for me, and IXE very much deserve a recommend! That being said, I think I prefer CW3 and CW4 over IXE. This side-on view and very slimmed down version of terraforming feels like it detracts from the fluid dynamics that makes Creeper World interesting. I have played for 50 hours and feel very satisfied with my purchase, but next time I want to replay a CW game I will probably not...
A creative but ultimately lacking experience. The story mode is passable, however it seems that the way the game is coded makes custom maps (in my opinion the biggest draw for CW games) incredibly difficult to create, this has lead to custom maps that are either "play perfect or die" or have custom content that is difficult to implement which has led to the stagnation of this games community. If you are a fan of...
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Cite this score
Creeper World IXE scores 23/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2257010/creeper-world-ixeReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.