Bionic Dues

Bionic Dues

Skip · Roguelike · 2013

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 40, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hour
$1.06/hr
Reviews▼
75% of 996
Critics
71 players 4 higher
Genre rank
Top 62% Roguelike

Holding it back: Reviews, Reach

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
9.4h
To 100%
18.8h 2.0x the story
Achievements
220

Price and sales

Sales
109 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$1.49 June 2017
Sale every
36d last October 2026
Lowest now $2.49 at GOGall-time low $0.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
51% of its genre
Better reviewed
33% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

17% start to 4% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

109 discounts in the 13 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 about 3 weeks ago.

It is less well reviewed than 67 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Into the Breach ($14.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Popup Dungeon ($24.99, scores 35).

More about Bionic Dues

HowLongToBeat players log 9.4 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 19, 2.0 times as much.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 19 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

Raising the score
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
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Refunds0 of 42 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

After many years, I keep coming back to this game. Well designed mechanisms. Now I finished my ironman expert run with random Exos, I ended up with a worksheet that calculates the total damage of overload before an enemy can come around the corner . I like the options to self-impose handicaps to customize my challenge while keeping the fun part. On high difficulty random expo, no single strategy wins you the game...
FoolifishRecommendedafter 160hMar 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
I was first introduced to Arcen games through the AI War franchise, so that was the one that I've experienced for the first time. And as fascinated as I was with the setting, I've heard that Arcen games had more games that were based on the same universe as AI War, an "Arcen-verse" if you will. Since I was curious about the whole universe, I've decided to go through the games. So Bionic Dues is set on one of the...
ErenussocratesRecommendedafter 9.4hDec 2024Read on Steam

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

About the game

Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Screen resolution at least 720px high, and 1024px wide., 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

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Bionic Dues scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/238910/bionic-dues
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Reviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+4
Critics71
Players75
Metacritic critics · 996 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperArcen Games
PublisherArcen Games
GenreRoguelike
Released2013
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements220