Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Skip · Roguelike · 2013

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 16, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Length
0.5h 1.8h to 100%
Value
$9.98/hr
Reviews
66% of 624 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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 $0.99 (80% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Holding it back
Reviews66% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$9.98/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 51 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

About the game

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, Intel GMA 950, 41 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 58 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 90 percent. On the same math Stray Path ($14.99, scores 34) and Between the Stars ($9.89, scores 35) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

79 on Metacritic, 66 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.

HowLongToBeat players log 0.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 2, 3.6 times as much.

What players say

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a compact space exploration adventure that manages to capture the excitement of discovering an unpredictable galaxy without demanding dozens of hours from the player. Developed and published by Digital Eel, the game combines randomized exploration, roguelike elements, tactical decision-making, equipment collection, and real-time spacecraft combat into expeditions designed to...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 9.5hSep 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space scores 16/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/226120/weird-worlds-return-to-infinite-space
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.

Critics vs players-13
Critics79
Players66
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 624 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDigital Eel
PublisherDigital Eel
GenreRoguelike
Released2013
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate