Chroma Squad

Chroma Squad

Worth it · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99Worth it

Typical seasonal cut

$3.7475% offBANGER

Cost per hourA
$1.18/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 4,618
Critics
75 players 18 higher
Genre rank
Top 2% RPG
Why
It needs 22% off ($11.70) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
12.7h
To 100%
31.9h 2.5x the story
Finish
12% reach the ending
Achievements
43

Price and sales

Sales
83 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$2.24 February 2023
Sale every
42d last October 2026
Lowest now $2.92 at Fanaticalall-time low $1.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
22% of its genre
Better reviewed
97% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

76% start to 12% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 83 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $11.70. The record reaches that level 81 times.

Its score puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Monster Sanctuary ($4.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Renowned Explorers: International Society ($19.99, scores 76).

More about Chroma Squad

75 from critics against 93 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 12.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 365 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 189 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 12.7 hours. Doing everything runs 32, 2.5 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 5 days ago.

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
Cost per hour$1.18/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement12% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 365 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

7/10 (Bought on Sale) - Fun & not too long - Story is fun for what it is - Characters are silly in a good way - Simple way to get into the turn-based genre - Mech gameplay leaves more to be desired - Itemization is lacking
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 17hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The following is an abridged transcript of a review I did of the game on YouTube: Released in April 2015 for all PC platforms, then released for Xbox One, PS4, and mobile platforms in 2017, and finally topped off with a 2019 Switch port, this little indie title that could launched from a successful Kickstarter campaign to give the world the sentai-inspired SRPG, Chroma Squad. Brought to us by Behold Studios, which...
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 26hAug 2026Read on Steam
This game is probably worth $15 is your Super Sentai fan and $10 is your a Behold fan. I write this after 100%ing the game. It has a lot of clunkynes, animations taking forever, camera issues and unrewarding progression. Its really good sprite work, fantastic even and that makes me sad the studio has abandoned it for the low poly trend, such talent gone to waste chasing a trend. Sadly, speaking of waste, the story...
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 46hOct 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Tactical RPG about 5 stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show! Cast actors, upgrade your studio, craft Mechas of cardboard and duct tape. Once the cameras are rolling, control your cast of 5 colored-jumpsuit-clad warriors in turn-based battles.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 640x480 minimum resolution (Direct3D/OpenGL compatible card with at least 128MB), 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

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Chroma Squad scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251130/chroma-squad
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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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+18
Critics75
Players93
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 4,618 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperBehold Studios
PublisherAkupara Games
GenreRPG
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements43