Shadowrun Returns
Worth it · RPG · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.7475% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.29/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 13,742
- Critics
- 76 players 12 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 6% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 11.6h
- To 100%
- 17.8h 1.5x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 105 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 December 2014
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 26 now
- Cheaper than
- 22% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
105 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 6 days ago.
Its score puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut ($14.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition ($19.99, scores 67).
More about Shadowrun Returns
The press gave it 76; the people who bought it give it 88 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
None of the 570 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 435 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 6 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
What players say
I am a person of simple words. 1. Cyberpunk - check 2. Turn Based RPG- check 3. Finally beat this game in 2026 - check APPROVED
2 more reviews
Many people complain that the game is too short, but not everything must be a 40+ hour open world crafting system survivor adventure to be "good". The story in the game's campaign is tight and paced well. Best of all, you get access to a workshop and user-made campaigns, many of which are excellent!
It's just fun. Atmosphere is perfect decayed steampunk, and the addition of the fantasy aspect just adds to it. It's old and it shows, but the art is excellent, and there's a lot of content available.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Shadowrun Returns scores 70/100 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/234650/shadowrun-returnsReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.