Receiver
Fair · Roguelike · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hour
- $1.66/hr
- Reviews▼
- 80% of 4,195
- Genre rank
- Top 44% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
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Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 3h
- To 100%
- 6.2h 2.1x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 59 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 April 2020
- Sale every
- 84d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 78% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 49% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 59 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 44 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 78 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Receiver 2 ($19.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats STRAFE: Gold Edition ($14.99, scores 30).
More about Receiver
2 of the 430 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 1,017 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 6, 2.1 times as much.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.99 (80% off). Predictions like this were right 91% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
What players say
Receiver Is a revolutionary take on the FPS genre, featuring much more detailed firearm manipulation then any other title i've ever heard of with physics based enemies that are far from the standard NPC who pops out from cover to take some potshots at you. ___ Pros: The gunplay is immaculate, turning the operation of a firearm into an entire complex process rather than the fact of life that it usually is in the FPS...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Learning the muscle memory of reloading each gun is super satisfying. Some of the randomization can be frustrating, but when I realized that I could reset by just holding "L" I had a much easier time learning what changed between runs and what stayed the same. The suspense and attention to detail in this game make it worth giving a shot, even if you just boot it up to go to the firing range and mess around with the...
This feels more like a demo than a game especially after playing receiver 2, I would recommend just buying the second game as it is much better than this one in every single way.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Passmark G3D 250+, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Receiver scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/234190/receiverReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.