Against Great Darkness
Skip · Roguelike · 2024 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Length
- 5.2h 21.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.34/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 217 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 55 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
Against Great Darkness is a brick-breaking, bullet hell, roguelite where you play as a pagan trying to escape Hell's maw. Trigger relics by keeping your disks bouncing, experience unique events where you can obtain incredible loot, and battle hellish bosses while always keeping an eye on your disks.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 512, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
6 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 20 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 8 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 74 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot ($4.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos ($12.99, scores 24).
More about Against Great Darkness
Of the 205 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2024 to August 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 5.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 22, 4.2 times as much.
The drop-off
98% start to 4% rarestNo 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
This game is simple and addictive. One of the best of the breakout style games i have played. i can see where the game "Ball Pit" ma have been inspired by this game. I hope the developers make a sequel and build upon this fantastic game design. A must have for Steam Deck at an incredible price.
1 more review, not recommended
This has been a promising game but has since been abandoned as of writing with the last update being more than 2 years ago. Cannot recommend at full price, worth considering only under a heavy discount.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Against Great Darkness scores 45/100 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/2302150/against-great-darknessReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.