Foul Play
Skip · Multiplayer · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 4.7h 7.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.19/hr
- Reviews
- 80% of 651 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1306 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
About the game
Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 6200 / ATI Radeon X600 w/ 256 MB. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
59 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 187 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Streets of Rage 4 ($24.99, scores 81) outscores it, and so does Castle Crashers® ($14.99, scores 97). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Foul Play
69 from critics against 80 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 179 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
81% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
An interesting take on the side scrolling beat em up genre. The basic idea is that rather than having to avoid defeat at the hands of your enemies (as far as I'm aware you can't actually lose) your goal is to perform well in combat since the story on display here is being done as a stage play. Continue long combos, deliver amazing special attacks, and save the day in order to raise the audience mood meter and thus...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Foul Play scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/244810/foul-playReviews 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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.