Reach for the Sun
Skip · Strategy · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 23, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 1h 2.5h to 100%
- Value
- $4.99/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 343 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $1.24 (75% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Version 1.2 Out Now!Strategy mode is now available on the plant selection screenThis mode uses a set number of turns with no time limit. Plants will automatically collect resources between turns. Keep your plant balanced and try to maximize your resources on every turn to fruit each flower before winter comes!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 154 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 50 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 67 percent of its genre. 911 Operator ($14.99, scores 64) outscores it, and so does Two Point Campus ($29.99, scores 69). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Reach for the Sun
Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 149 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 53 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1 hours; clearing it takes 3, which is 2.5 times the campaign.
The drop-off
71% start to 18% 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
Restarted this game (revisited). I saw I played it before in 2013 or so. Apparently the game was not able to keep me playing at that time and it is now clear to me why. Just isn't that interesting. Played it to a 100% complete (in achievements) (within 2.1 hrs) Won't be revisiting this game again. Replay value is just very low. I do not know how much I payed for this, but it should not be worth much for what it is...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Reach for the Sun scores 23/100 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/248290/reach-for-the-sunReviews 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.