Sudeki

Sudeki

Worth it · Shooter · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 7 of 8 sales

Worth it at $5.99. Typically $2.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hourS
$0.52/hr
Reviews▼
89% of 1,109
Genre rank
Top 7% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
11.6h
To 100%
23.2h 2.0x the story

Price and sales

Sales
33 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$2.99 June 2014
Sale every
98d last September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
6 now
Cheaper than
68% of its genre
Better reviewed
78% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

33 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 7 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 7 percent. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. The nearest things to it, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty ($39.99, scores 0) and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen ($29.99, scores 76), are both worse buys on this math.

More about Sudeki

1 of the 336 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 125 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 11.6 hours; clearing it takes 23, which is 2.0 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.99 (50% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 46 days ago.

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
Cost per hour$0.52/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds1 of 336 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

It is such an amazing classic, it incorporates different types of gameplay and it does it super well, great story too, truly feels like i underpaid, incredible, i am a completionist and it took 20 hours and i still went a few more times into combat just because it was that much fun
RikusterRecommendedafter 21hJun 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This game sat on my backlog forever, but I finally decided to give it a chance, and I'm sure glad I did! It has the right amount of challenge, a great story, and the gameplay was very enjoyable too. It's probably one of the most memorable games I've played for a while, and it is definitely a must-play classic! It's a party-based RPG where you can choose which character you want to control in battle, allowing you to...
Sniper4Recommendedafter 30h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Bought it because I saw it was from 2004 AND had a cover that was all cheeked up. This game feels really unique for the time. Like it reminds me of a souls game in how heavy based the combat feels but the best way to describe the combat is Star Ocean with freeflow combos.
CraigRecommendedafter 12h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

About the game

Sudeki, a world torn apart into light, shadow and dark. Rent asunder by deceit and betrayal, the land cries out for a peace that only four united heroes can bring. Beyond the protective walls of Illumina Castle lie miles of pastoral, rolling countryside, though once a serene landscape, the Aklorian forces have transformed the countryside...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128MB Pixel Shader 2.0 capable graphics card or better, 5.6 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Sudeki scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/233350/sudeki
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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 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperClimax Studios
PublisherClimax Group
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate