BELOW

BELOW

Skip · Roguelike · 2018

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 24, under the fair line, at $24.99.

Reviews▼
71% of 1,374
Critics
67 players 4 higher
Genre rank
Top 81% Roguelike

Holding it back: Reviews, Reach

Why
Set a watch below. One alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
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Time and effort

Achievements
10

Price and sales

Sales
48 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$3.74 October 2023
Sale every
51d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $3.74 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
3% of its genre
Better reviewed
19% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

90% start to 3% 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

48 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Achilles: Legends Untold ($24.99, scores 45) beats it on value, while it beats NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION ($29.99, scores 14).

More about BELOW

Of the 527 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 292 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 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

Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach10K+ 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
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 527 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

BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia 550 or higher, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
BELOW scores 24/100 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/250680/below
Embed the live badge

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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+4
Critics67
Players71
Metacritic critics · 1,374 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCapybara Games
PublisherCapybara Games
GenreRoguelike
Released2018
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements10