Living Cell

Living Cell

Worth it · Narrative · 2023

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $4.99.

Length
2h 2.4h to 100%
Value
$2.50/hr
Reviews
96% of 263 positive
It needs 8% off ($4.59) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.59 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 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

Raising the score
Reviews96% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 92% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement40% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$2.50/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 249 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

You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Radeon HD5450 or better; 512 MB or higher, 696 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 26 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Chernobylite Complete Edition ($5.99, scores 64) and The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered ($49.99, scores 68).

More about Living Cell

Steam's global achievement data puts 40 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 249 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2023 to August 2026.

The drop-off

92% start to 40% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

Довольно короткая игра, проходиться за 2 часа. Я потратил больше потому что выбивал все ачивки плюс момент с ЛАЗЕРНЫМ РЕЗАКОМ - бред полнейший, потерял полчаса. В целом игра про мемесы и дух сталкера, но история банальнее некуда. На один раз пройти, за 100 рублей можно купить.
Maj.VasilievRecommendedafter 3.1hNov 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews
short, but solid game with good puzzles and spooky atmosphere. it has a certain charm of old-school flash games. inventory management is a bit annoying though.
WakkachikkaRecommendedafter 3.4h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
I came here for the Samosbor setting and it absolutely nails that atmosphere. Endless apartment blocks, rust, concrete, pipes everywhere, it feels like the building itself wants you gone for good. It's not a game that scares you with cheap tricks. It just keeps making you feel uncomfortable, and that's where it shines. It's rough around the edges, but honestly I wouldn't want it any other way. It has a lot more...
xeneizeroRecommendedafter 3.3hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Living Cell scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2380310/living-cell
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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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBlazing Planet Studio
PublisherBlazing Planet Studio
GenreNarrative
Released2023
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements12