Double Dragon: Neon

Double Dragon: Neon

Skip · Multiplayer · 2014

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 44, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hour
$2.78/hr
Reviews▼
77% of 2,583
Genre rank
Top 25% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Reviews, Reach

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
3.6h
To 100%
13.2h 3.7x the story
Achievements
29

Price and sales

Sales
60 on record
Typical cut
65% off
Steam low
$0.99 November 2015
Sale every
53d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.90 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
34% of its genre
Better reviewed
70% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

61% start to 1% 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

60 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 25 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Streets of Rage 4 ($6.24, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition ($14.99, scores 29).

More about Double Dragon: Neon

1 of the 401 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 469 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 3.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 13, 3.7 times as much.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $4.99 (50% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.

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
Reach350K+ 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
Refunds1 of 401 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

This game doesn't run right now in July 4th, 2026. A lot of games are probably gonna keep having this problem all the sudden.
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 2.8hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Double Dragon: Neon scores 44/100 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/252350/double-dragon-neon
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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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperWayForward
PublisherMidnight City
GenreMultiplayer
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements29