Old School
Fair · Multiplayer · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12h
- Value
- $1.25/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 449 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 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
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 11 compatible video card, 512 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
26 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 35 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 18 percent on value. It is pricier than 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats RIFT (free, scores 37).
More about Old School
15 of the 374 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 795 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 55 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 1 of the 15 refunded reviewers was past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 150 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 34 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 12 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
What players say
I need to disclose that this is my first MDickie game, and so that puts my expectations in an odd place. That said, I adore this game! The most specific way I can explain it is if you were in Postal 2 but replacing the guns with MDickie's signature wrestling mechanics. You play one of three classes of character, either a student, teacher, or civilian. My initial playthrough was as in-game character Dominic Striker...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Old school is a childhood game and I luv it!!! (READ THIS IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO CONNECT YOUR CONTROLLER) Old school wont register your PS4 controller or PS5 controller, only XBOX. But I have a fix! (This is just how to connect to bluetooth so ignore this if you don't need it.) To connect the controller, hold the power button, aka the one shaped like the logo, and the share button at the same time. If you don't...
I love MDickie games, but this one was unfortunately a miss for me. It's just way too fast-paced, a ton of the problems could be solved just by slowing the clock down significantly, but unfortunately that isn't an option. The chaotic nature of MD games just doesn't translate well to a school environment where everything is organized and structured, and you're punished severely for engaging with the more fun aspects...
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Cite this score
Old School scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2529120/old-schoolReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.