Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
Fair · Action · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.2h
- Value
- $1.56/hr
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 32MB VRAM Integrated Graphics Card, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.49, set in December 2015. It has been discounted 93 times in the 13 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 10 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 77 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Blazing Chrome ($16.99, scores 55) and Odallus: The Dark Call ($9.99, scores 64) both outscore it.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 254 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
59% start to 2% 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
Nice pixel art in the cutscenes, the music ain't bad either but overall the actual game itself isn't anything that approaches the best action plats on the NES. Don't expect anything near Ninja Gaiden for instance. But if you really love the NES aesthetic and want to try a game that feels like an NES game of that era that's pretty short, well, I'm sure you haven't played all the NES games that fit under that umbrella...
Frustrating in some parts but I did enjoy it. Definitely feels like an old game. Great deal if you get it on sale.
Oniken is a fun side-scroller inspired by old pixelated games like Ninja Gaiden and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, following the same level of difficulty and challenge while being accompanied by a nice soundtrack. Unfortunately, the game has far too many inexcusable technical limitations and bugs to be truly recommendable.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/252010/oniken-unstoppable-editionReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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